808 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Nov., 



Included mexicana, otomia, salicifolia, rhombifolia, totonaca, salvi- 

 folia and huasteca. Of these otomia, salicifolia, rhombifolia, totonaca 

 and salvifolia belong to the genus Microcentrum, 1873; huasteca to 

 AmUyconjpha, 1873; and mexicana remains as the type. 



Orophus mezicanus Saussure. 



1859. Ph[ylloptera (Orophus)] mexicana Saussure, Revue et Magas. de 



Zoologie, 2e ser., XI, p. 204. [Mexico.] 

 1905 Paragenes conspersa Baker, Invert. Pacifica, I, p. 78. (Not of Brun- 



ner.) [San Marcos, Nicaragua.] 



Escazu. October, 1902. (C. F. Underwood.) [A. N. S. Phila.] 

 One female. 



Guatel. (C. F. Underwood.) [A. N. S. Phila.] One male, one 

 female. 



Santa Ana. November, 1902. (C. F. Underwood.) [A. N. S. 

 Phila.] One female. 



Monte Redondo. January, 1903. (C. F. Underwood.) [A. N. S. 

 Phila.] Four females. 



A San Marcos, Nicaragua, female individual, received from Baker 

 and determined as conspersus. is larger than any Costa Rican specimen 

 examined. 



This species has previously been recorded from Cache, Rio Sucio, 

 San Francisco, San Jose, Azahar de Cartago and Monte Redondo in 

 Costa Rica. 



Orophus ovatus (Brunner). 



1878. A[nepsia] ovata Brunner, Monogr. der Plianeropt., p. 271. [Costa 

 Rica.] 



Zarzero. (Schild and Burgdorf.) [U. S. N. M.] Five males, one 

 female. 



Tarbaca. October, 1902. (C. F. Underwood.) [A. N. S. Phila.] 

 Two females. 



Escazu. January, 1903. (C. F. Underwood.) [A. N. S. Phila.] 

 Two males. 



Santa Ana. November, 1902. (C. F. Underwood.) {A. N. S. 

 Phila.] Two males. 



This quite distinct species varies somewhat in size and from a green- 

 ish-brown to a distinct green in color, with the small fuscous annuli 

 practically absent in some specimens. 



This species is more austral than the others of the genus, having 

 been recorded but once from outside of Costa Rica, then from San 

 Geronimo, Guatemala. The previous definite Costa Rican records are 

 irom Rio Sucio, Cache and Volcan de Irazu. 



