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nearly buff in color. Wings strongly washed with ochraceous; limbs 

 pale ochraceoiLS. 



Measurements. 



Length of body, 13 mm. 



Length of pronotum, 3.5 " 



Greatest width of pronotum, 4.2 " 



Length of tegmen, 11.3 " 



Greatest width of tegmen, 3.8 " 



The type is unique. 



NYCTIBORA Burmeister. 



1838. Nyctihora Burmeister, Handb. d. Entom., II, Abth. II, pt. I, p. 501. 

 Included N. crassicornis, sericea, holosericea and latipennis Burm. 



Kirby has selected sericea as the type. 



Nyctibora tomentosa (Serville)? 



1839. Blatta tomentosa Serville, Orthopteres, p. 86. [Surinam.] 

 Two males. 



These specimens show some few characters at variance with the 

 original description, but agree with the description of a female given 

 by Saussure.2 Walker's tenebrosa from Demerara appears to be a 

 rather different insect. 



PARATROPES Serville. 

 Paratropes subsericeus Saussure. 



1864. Paratropes subsericeus Saussure, Mem. I'Hist. Nat. Mex., 3me Mem., 

 p. 63. [Surinam.] 



One female. 



This specimen is referred to subsericeus instead of elegans Bur- 

 meister, of which the former has been considered a synonym. The 

 description of elegans, although very brief, does not fully fit the speci- 

 men in hand, while that of subsericeus fully describes the individual 

 examined. The author does not assert that the two are distinct 

 species, but Saussure's name represents the type examined and Bur- 

 meister's does not. 



EPILAMPRA Burmeister. 

 Epilampra abortivipennis Rehn. 



1903. Epilampra abortivipenna Rehn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XXIX, p. 273. 

 [Bartica, British Guiana.] 



One female. 



The tjrpe of this species was erroneously described as a female, a 

 re-examination showing it to be a male. 



2 Miss. Scient. Mex., Orth., p. 69. 



