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claims to have seen a " katy-did with round wings " flying about the 

 tops of tall trees on Plummers Island, Maryland. The elytra were 

 held rigid while the insect was in flight, like those of Colcoptera. 

 But, being at such a height above the observer, accurate observations 

 were necessarily difficult and error may have resulted. 



Five nominal species of this group have been recorded from the 

 United States, C. perspicillatus Fabr. , concavus Harr., zimmermanni 

 Sauss., hypericifolius Stoll, and floridensis Beutenm. Eliminating cer- 

 tain of these through synonomy or being erroneously referred to our 

 fauna and adding three new species we have six species referable to 

 three genera. These genera may be separated as follows : 



Pronotum scarcely longer than the middle width, the lateral lcbes quadrate or higher 

 than long ; supraanal plate of the female no more than twice as long as the 

 middle width, apically broadly rounded or subtruncate. 

 Anterior tibia; spined above ; pronotum subtruncate posteriorly, the lateral 

 carina; subpersistent ; posterior femora with about ten spines below on the 

 outer carina ; supraanal plate of both sexes convex above on the basal two 

 thirds and longitudinally sulcate ; cerci of male with the branches parallel, the 



tips no farther apart than the length of the lower branch Paracyrtophyllus. 



Anterior tibia; unarmed above ; pronotum posteriorly rounded or subangulate, 

 the lateral carina; not indicated anterior of the principal sulcus ; posterior 

 femora with about five or six spines on the outer carina below ; supraanal 

 plate of both sexes concave above on the basal fourth only or nearly wholly 

 flat ; cerci of the male with the branches divergent, the tips further separated 



than the length of the lower branch Cyrtophyllus. 



Pronotum considerably longer than the middle breadth, the lateral lobes decidedly 

 longer than high ; supraanal plate of the female more than twice as long as the 

 middle width, apically narrowly rounded Lea. 



Genus PARACYRTOPHYLLUS, new. 



Color green. Head short, broad ; interocular space about four times as broad 

 as one of the eyes ; vertex dorsally sulcate, very narrow, about one half as broad 

 basally as one of the eyes, acute with the sides straight. Antennae long and slender, 

 nearly twice as long as the body, including the wings, the basal segment much 

 enlarged ; antennary scrobes laminate on the inner side, as long as the vertex ; eyes 

 subglobose, small but prominent. Prothorax short, broad and stout, the disk granulous 

 or rugose, nearly flat and crosses by two transverse sulci, usually fairly distinct but 

 sometimes more faint, the posterior one generally the more distinct and situated about 

 the middle, the anterior one, sometimes quite indistinct, cutting the anterior half about 

 the middle ; posterior margin of the pronotal disk subtruncate ; lateral lobes vertical, 

 subquadrate or slightly higher than broad, the lower and anterior margins straight, 

 the posterior margin straight below, inclining slightly backwards above ; lateral 

 carina; persistent, usually obscured near the anterior border of the pronotum ; pro-, 

 meso- and metasterni each armed with a pair of quite long sharp spines, those of the 



