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SPECIES OF EGIDEMIA 



[*Type not seen.] 



anceps (Fowler), 1899c:234 {Oncometopia). MexicO; Guatemala, Panama. 

 fowleri (Distant), 1903b:67 {Oncometopia). Mexico. 

 inflata, new species. Mexico. Br. Honduras, Cuba? 



obtusata (Melichar), 1925a:406 {Oncometopia). Peru. New combination. 

 paranceps, new species. Costa Rica, Panama. 

 proxima (Melichar), 1925a:407 {Oncometopia). Mexico. 



speculijcra (Walker), I851b:790 {Proconia). SE. Brazil, Paraguay, N. Argentina. 

 New combination. 

 *tredecimpunctata (Signoret), 1855b:231 {Tettigonia) . 

 similis (Schmidt), 1928c: 76 {Dichometopia) . New synonymy. 



KEY TO MALES OF EGIDEMIA 



1 . Aedeagus without processes 2 



Aedeagus with processes 4 



2. Pygofer narrow, elongate, gradually tapered, truncate at apex in 



lateral aspect (fig. 166) E. inflata, new species 



Pygofer broad, short, rounded apically 3 



3. Pygofer process branched, aedeagus in lateral aspect narrowest in 



basal third of its length (occurs in Mexico) . 



E. fowleri (Distant) (fig. 167) 

 Pygofer process not branched, aedeagus in lateral aspect narrowest 

 in apical half of its length (occurs in Brazil). 



E. speculifera (Walker) (fig. 168) 



4. Aedeagus asymmetrical . . . . E. proxima (Melichar) (fig. 1 69) 

 Aedeagus symmetrical 5 



5. Pygofer with processes arising dorsoapically 6 



Pygofer processes arising ventrally. 



E. obtusata (Melichar) (fig. 1 70) 



6. Styles slightly expanded apically; aedeagal processes very short, 



their length not more than four times their width. 



E. paranceps, new species (p. 183) 



Styles not expanded apically, aedeagal processes with length many 



times their greatest width .... E. anceps (Fowler) (fig. 164) 



Egidemia inflata, new species 



Figure 166 



Length of male 10.5 nun.; of female 12.1-12.6 nun. Head with 

 median length of crown from two-thirds to three-fourths transocular 

 width and from slightly more than one-third to almost half interocular 

 width, anterior margin broadly roiuidcd in dorsal aspect, with a weak 



