1904.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 105 



Genus METRIOTES Westwood. 

 1859. Metriotes Westwood, Catal. Orth. Ins. Brit. Mus., I, p. 15S. 

 Type. — Metriotes diodes Westwood.^'' 



Metriotes agathocles St&l. 



1875. M[etriotes\ Agathocles Stal, Recensio OrthopteroruDi, III, p. 100. 

 ["Australia? Sine dubio species americana."] 



One female; Costa Rica. (Schild and Burgdorf.) [U. S. X. M.] 

 This specimen fully agrees with the very insufficient description of 

 the specimen Stal had in hand, but unfortunateh' the anterior limbs 

 are missing, and a portion of Stal's diagnosis treats of these append- 

 ages. 



Genus PRISOPUS St. Fargeau and Serville. 



1825. Prisopus St. Fargeau and Serville, Encj'c. ]\Iethod., Insect., X, p. 444. 



Included Prisopus draco Olivier (=Phasma nym.'pha St oil) and 

 sacratus Olivier { = Phasma flabelliformis St oil). 



Prisopus berosus Westwood. 



1859. Prisopus Berosus Westwood, Catal. Orth. Ins. Brit. Mus., I, p. 168, 

 PI. XX, fig. 7. ["Litt. occid. America septentrionalis. Panama."] 



Two specimens; cT and immature female: X'icaragua. [U. S. X^. M.] 

 Carrillo, Costa Rica. [Coll. Morgan Hebard.] 



Subfamily PHYLLIN.E. 

 Genus PHYLLIUM lUiger. 

 1798. Phyllium lUiger, Verzeichniss Kafer Preussens, p. 499. 



Type. — Mantis siccifolia Fabricius = Gryllus (Mantis) siccifolius 

 LiimjEUS. 



The three species treated below all belong to GrifRni's subgenus 

 Pulchriphyllium.^^ 



^^ Westwood's genus included the following species: 



stollii. 



blanchardi. 



santara — Isagoras Stal, 1875. 



bubastes — Isagoras Stal, 1875. 



obscura — Isagoras Stal, 1875. 



dictys — Prexaspes Stal, 1875. 



myrsihis. 



diodes. 



venosa. 



acuticornis. 



serrillei — Prexaspes Stal, 1875. 



brevipennis. 



rugicollis. 

 Of these diodes can be selected as the type. 

 ^' Bollettino Mttsei Zool. ed Anat. Co7tip.', Torino, XIII, Xo. 312, p. 2. 



