1905.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 803 



ley, has the ventral face of the caudal femora and the caudal tibiae red 

 as in Walker's poorly described nobilus from Oaxaca, Mexico. This 

 specimen also has the tegmina and wings shorter than in the Tablazo 

 specimens and similar in this respect to individuals from Tacubaya, 

 Mexico, which appear to be referable to P. excelsus Bruner. 



CHORTOPHAGA Saussure. 

 Chortophaga meridionalis Bruner. 



1905. Chortophaga meridionalis Bruner, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Orth., I, p. 136. 

 [Slopes of the Volcan de Irazu, at an elevation of 7,500 to 9,000 feet, Costa 

 Rica.] 



Side of Tablazo, altitude 1,700 meters. October, 1904. [No. 65.] 

 (P. Biolley.) One female. 



On comparison with specimens of Chortophaga viridifasciata from 

 the eastern United States, I find great difficulty in separating this 

 specimen. The pronotal carina is slightly less arched, but the size is 

 considerably greater than given in the original description. The sulca- 

 tion of the frontal costa appears deeper than in viridifasciata instead 

 of shallower, but as the specimen in hand appears to have been in alco- 

 hol, preparation may have caused this. Several races of C. viridifasciata 

 of value equal to this exist in the United States. 



LACTISTA Saussure. 

 Lactista punctatus (Stll). 



Side of Tablazo, at 1,700 meters. October, 1904. [Xo. 68.] (P. 

 Biolley.) One female. 



HELIASTTJS Saussure. 



Heliastus venezuelae Saussure. 



1884. H{eHastus'\ Venezuelce Saussure, Prodr. CEdipodiorum, p. 21.3. [Ven- 

 ezuela; Colombia; Panama.] 



Mouth of the Jesus Maria river. Pacific side." April, 1905. [No. 88.] 

 (P. Biolley.) Two females. 



These specimens are referred here with some little doubt. They 

 are unquestionably closely allied to H. sumichrasti, but have the fast'i- 

 gium broader and shallower than in that species, while the frontal 

 costa is broader and has a slight constriction ventrad of the ocellus. 

 The two in hand are larger than Guadalajara and Jalapa individuals of 

 sumichrasti. and about equal in size to a female from Alta ]\Iira, 

 Tamaulipas. 



" This locality is between Punta Arenas and the mouth of the Rio Grande de 

 Tar coles. 



