1904.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 549 



greenish in the female; eyes dull brown; interocular region with an 

 obscure transverse elliptical spot of brick red ; limbs orange-ochraceous. 



Measurements. 



Length of body, 10.5 mm. 8.1 mm. 



Length of pronotum, 1.9 " 2.2 



Greatest width of pronotum 2 " 2 



Length of tegmina, 6.2 " 6.5 



Greatest width of dorsal field of tegmina, . . 3.5 " 1.7 



Length of posterior femora, 5.2 " 5.6 



Length of o\apositor, 3.3 



The types are the only specimens which have been examined. 



Genus PAR(ECANTHUSISaussure. 



1859. Paroccanthus (laps. p. Paraecanthus) Saussure, Revue et Magasin de 

 Zoologie, 2e s6r., XI, p. 317. 



Type. — P. mexicanus Saussure. 



Paroecantlius mexicanus Saussure. 



1859. P[aroccanthus] mexicanus Saussure, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 

 2e s6r., XI, p. 317. [No locality given.] 



Alta Mira, Tamaulipas. June 25, 1903. (M. E. Hoag.) One 

 female. 



This species has been recorded from Tampico, Tamaulipas, to Teapa, 

 Tabasco. 



