Bruner: Soi in American Acridoidea. L3 



obtuse angle, lateral foveola; scarcelj differentiated, bu1 rather in- 

 cluded in the antennal scrobes. Eyes fairly prominent, .1 trifle I 

 than the anterior edge of the cheeks below them; the ocelli large, the 

 lateral pair located al the end of a shorl downwardlj directed carina 

 which would ordinarilj mark the posterior extremitj ol the foveola, 

 and very close to the upper one-fourth oi the eye. Frontal costa 

 prominent, broad, gently sulcate, strongly punctate, expanding bul 

 little below, reaching the clypeus. Lateral carina; also prominent, 

 evenly dh ergenl , and reaching the base of the mandibles. Pronotum 

 of moderate length, quite strongly constricted laterally at middle, the 

 two lobes about equal in length; lateral carina; widely interrupted at 

 middle, on anterior lobe most prominent at front margin, convergent 

 posteriorly, and terminating just in advance of the first transverse 

 sulcus; on hind lobe heaviest at the transverse sulcus, divergent, and 

 fading before reaching the posterior edge at shoulders; hind margin 

 broadly angulate. Tegmina of moderate width, sparsely veined, ex- 

 tending a little. beyond the apex of hind femora; intercalary vein well 

 developed, the apex rounded. Hind femora robust, passing the 

 abdomen b\ 1 he length of the genicular area; hind tibiae rather strongly 

 hirsute, the inner claws or spurs heavy, elongate, the second nearly 

 twice t he length of the first, reminding one of this feature in the species 

 of Sterapleura, eight- or nine-spined externally, ten- or eleven-spined 

 internally. 1 nterspace bet ween t he mesosternal lobes quadrate, a little 

 narrower than the lobes themselves. 



General color ochraceo-testaceous, the head, pronotum and pleura, 

 .1- well as anterior legs, streaked and strongly conspersed with fer- 

 ruginous; the pronotal carina; pallid, very faintly bordered with 

 piceous; tegmina smoky hyaline, marked along the disk and anterior 

 field with quadrate brown patches and spots, these separated by areas 

 of pallid cross- veins. Mind femora marked with faint fuscous patches 

 on upper edge and black dots along the external carina', the lower 

 outer edge infuscated. hind tibia- cinereo-testaceous conspersed with 

 brown, the spines black-tipped. Antenna; ferruginous. 



Length of body, 9 , 22 mm., of pronotum, 4 mm., of tegmina, 19.5 

 mm., of hind femora, 13.6 mm. 



Habitat. — Chapada, Brazil, in July (II. II. Smith, collect 



The type, which is unique, is in the collection of the Carnegie 

 Museum. 



