BRUNER : Sm i ii Ami RI( \\ V RID01DB \. 1 1 



hh. si/c smaller (9i IS 1,ini ' x 1 ' 1 " ''•' Gi -Tos, 



t i. Lateral carina: ol the pronotum complete 01 subinterrupted between the 

 anterioi and posterioi sulci. 

 b. Body normal, neithe: greatlj compressed nor unusually robust. 

 c. Lateral carina? in advance of the last transverse 3uli us, decidedly ai 



angulate, or more or less strongly divergent. Antennae variable. 

 J. Size larger ( 9 . 19-22 nun. in length). 



e. Body unusually slendei ; tegmina and wings in both sexes greatly 

 surpassing the tips of hind femora and apex of abdomen. 

 Dusky maculations confined to discal field oi the tegmina. 



elongala sp. now 

 ee. Body normal in form, not especially slender. Tegmina and wings 

 but little longer than 9 abdomen. 

 /. Pronotal carina? quite strongly arcuate. The dusky macul- 

 ations of the tegmina generally distributed, occupying 

 most of the wing. [Tropical America.] 



punctata De Geer. 



ff. Pronotal carina? gently arcuate. The dusky maculations of 



the tegmina confined to the discal field. 



g. Hind margin of the disk of pronotum distinctly angulate. 



Body moderately robust; the fastigium of the vertex, 



even of 9 , right-angled. [Costa Rica.] 



meridionalis Brunei'. 

 gg. Hind margin of the disk of pronotum rounded; the fas- 

 tigium of the vertex, even of the cf. gently obtusangu- 



late. [Brazil.] costalis Walker. 



dd. Size smaller (9. 12.5 mm. to 18 mm. in length). 

 e. Lateral carina? of the pronotum always complete. 

 /. Antenna? filiform, but little, if at all. flattened. 



g. Lateral foveola? of the vertex well-defined, elongate tri- 

 angular. [Brazil and Paraguay.] ... expandens Walker. 

 gg. Lateral foveola? almost obliterated. [St. Domingo.] 



decisa Walker. 



ff. Antenna? robust, short, the joints depressed or flattened. 



[Para, Brazil.] 



g. Lateral foveola? of the vertex faint, almost linear, the 



bounding walls scarcely apparent. [Isle of Trinidad.] 



insularis Bruner. 



gg. Lateral foveola? of the vertex well defined, about twice as 



long as basal width, the bounding walls prominent. 



[Argentina.] intricata Stal. 



ee. Lateral carina? of the pronotum sometimes faint or subinterrupted 



between the transverse sulci. [Argentina.] . . . .intricata Stal. 



cc. Lateral carina? in advance of the last transverse sulcus straight, or very 



gently arcuate, little, or not at all, divergent. Antennae slender. 



filiform. 



