1913.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 105 



lateral lobes of the pronotum by an obliquely defined ventral patch 

 of chrome-yellow; facial carinae dashed with blackish. Eyes tawny- 

 olive; antennae olive. Dorsal portion of the lateral lobes of the pro- 

 zona washed with dull claret-browTi. Tegmina with numerous small 

 quadrate areas of wood-browTi on the general color. Disk of the 

 wings lemon-yellow. Pleura with a broken continuation of the 

 yellow pronotal bar and an additional dash of dull yellowish bordered 

 by dull blackish. Venter raw umber; dorsum of the abdomen prout's 

 brown, median area of the lateral aspect of the proximal segments 

 shining blackish. Cephalic and median femora burnt umber and 

 blackish. Caudal femora vinaceous, rufous dorsad, ecru-drab on the 

 ventral portion of the pagina, maroon on the externo-ventral face, 

 carmine on the internal face, two indistinct oblique bars are present, 

 seal-browai in color, but occasionally touched with greenish, genicu- 

 lar region dark clay color; caudal tibiae very dull purplish on the 

 internal face, very dull olive-green on the external face, a broad 

 poorly defined proximal area pale, spines pale yellow tipped with black. 



Measurements. 



Length of body 23 mm. 



Length of pronotum 5.2 " 



Length of tegmen 17 .5 " 



Length of caudal femur 13.2 " 



The tvpe is unique. 



SITALCES stai. 



1878. Sitalces St&l, Bihang till K. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handlingar, V, Xo. 

 9, p. 16. 



TjToe designated by Kirb}^ — S. volxemi Stal. 

 Sitalces balzapambae n. sp. 



Type: d^ ; Balzapamba, Ecuador (R. Haensch.) [Hebard Col- 

 lection.] 



Fig. 18. — Sitalces balzapambce n. sp. Lateral view of type. (X 4.) 



