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One male, one female, one nymph. This record extends the range of 

 the species south of the Mexican boundary line. 



Genus HELIASTUS Saussure. 

 1884. Heliaslus Saussure, Prodr. ffidipod., p. 212. 

 Included H. sumichrasti, venezuelce, aztecus and ohesus, of which the 

 first may be considered the type. 



Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure). 



1861. (E[dipoda\ Sumichrasti Saussure, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 

 2e ser., XIII, p. 324. ["Mexico calida."] 



Alta Mira, Tamaulipas. June 28' 1903. (M. E. Hoag.) One fe- 

 male. 



This individual fully agrees with two authentic specimens from 

 Ruatan Island, Honduras, and Chilpancingo, Guerrero, received from 

 Dr. Saussure. 



Heliastus aztecus Saussure. 



1884. H[cJiastus] aztecus Saussure, Prodr. Gildipod., p. 214. ["Ager mexi- 

 canus septentrionalior.'"] 



Victoria, Tamaulipas. January 14 or 15, 1903. (S. N. Rhoads.) 

 One female. 



Genu- BRACHYSTOLA Scud<ler. 



1876. Brachystola Scudder, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geograph. Surv. Terr., 

 II, p. 267. 



Type. — Brachypeplus virescens Charpentier. 



Brachystola magna Girard. 



1854. Brachi/peplus viagnus Girard, Explor. Red River Louisiana, p. 231, 

 Zoology, Pi. XV, figs. 'l-4. [Northern Texas.] 



Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. September, 1902. (Dr. W. E. Hughes.) 

 Six females, two nymphs. 



Subfamily PYRGOMORPHIX-E. 



Genus SPHENARIUM Charpentier. 

 1845. Sphenarium Charpentier, Orthopt. Dcscr. et Depict., tab. 31. 

 Type. — S. purpurascens Charpentier. 



Sphenarium borrei Bolivar. 



1884. Sphenarium Borrei Bolivar, Monograf. Pirgomorfinos, p. 99. [Guan- 

 ajuato.] 



Guadalajara, Jalisco. September 14 and 18, 1903. (McClendon.) 

 One male, five rather immature females. 



The male individual is rather strikingly colored, having the genicular 

 regions of the posterior femora and the antennce blackish, and the 

 posterior and inferior margins of the pronotum purplish. 



