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which are rounded ; anterior and intermediate femora armed 

 beneath on the cephaHc margin only with two or three spines 

 and the posterior ones with five or six ; anterior and intermedi- 

 ate tibiae sulcate and unarmed above, beneath armed on each 

 side with several small spinules, the hind tibiae armed above and 

 below on both margins, above with an apical spine on the caudal 

 margin only; foramina of the anterior tibia shell-shaped. 

 Abdomen moderately robust ; supraanal plate large and broad, 

 dorsally narrowly sulcate, apically roundly truncate ; subgenital 

 plate apically narrowed, shallowly notched and furnished with 

 a pair of stout cylindrical roundly pointed styles noticeably 

 longer than the apical width of the plate; cerci stout, cylindri- 

 cal, apically broadly rounded and armed with a short inwardly 

 directed tooth. 



General color brown, the legs yellowish brown and, especially 

 the posterior femora, with several light colored rounded spots ; 

 spines of the legs with the extreme tips blackish. 



Measurements. — Pronotum, 5.5 mm. ; anterior femora, 7 

 mm.; posterior femora, 12.5 mm.; tegmina, 14 mm. Width, 

 tegmina mesially, 4.5 mm.; wings mesially, 10 mm.; posterior 

 femora at widest point, 3 mm. 



Described from two specimens : Type a single $ , Novem- 

 ber 21, 1906; paratype $ , December 1, 1906. Both by Icon- 

 nicoff. 



Type in the collection of the U. S. National Museum ; para- 

 type in the collection of Iconnicofif. 



Cat. No. 21330, U. S! Nat. Mus. 



Cocconotus olivaceus, new species. 



This handsome large dull reddish olive colored species is ap- 

 parently allied to Cocconotus festae Giglio-Tos from Ecuador. 



Description ( $ ). — Pronotal disk somewhat rugose with 

 large rounded tubercles of little elevation ; posterior transverse 

 sulcus only conspicuous, situated a little caudad of the middle. 

 Intermediate tibiae armed above on the outer margin with four 

 short stout spines. Cerci cylindrical, curved inward and the 

 apex forming a short black tooth, apically notched; supraanal 

 plate triangular, dorsally sulcate ; subgenital plate long and 



