278 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Ma}^, 



ventral lamellate carinse each with a prominent proximal and distal 

 rounded foliaceous lobe, the dorso-cephalic carina also with a low 

 proximal lobe; median tibiae about as long as the femora, the ventral 

 carinse lamellate, but no lobes present; median tarsi with the proximal 

 joint about equal to the remaining joints. Caudal femora as long as 

 the proximal two and a half abdominal segments, in structure similar 

 to the median but with the dorsal lobe even smaller; caudal tibise 

 slightly longer than the femora, in structure similar to the median tibise 

 but slightly slenderer; caudal tarsi with the proximal joint distinctly 

 but not greatly longer than the remaining joints. 



General color Prout's brown obscurely marked on the head and limbs 

 with bistre, the femoral lobes and extremities of the median and caudal 

 tibise decidedly bistre ; antennse wood brown sprinkled with the general 

 color. 



Measurements. 



Length of body, 101 mm. 



Length of pronotum, 4.5 " 



Length of mesonotum, 24.5 " 



Length of metanotum (including median segment), ... 16 " 



Length of cephalic femur, 22.5 " 



Length of median femur, 14 " 



Length of caudal femur, 17.3 " 



The type is unique. 



OLCYPHIDES Griffini. 

 Olcyphides fasciatUB (Gray). 



1835. P[hasmd\ fasciatum Gray, Synopsis Phasm., p. 24. [Brazil.] 

 One female (sex ?). 



This individual is broken, but I presume it is a female. The original 

 description, while very brief, sums up the chief diagnostic characters 

 of the species. 



