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twice as wide as the lobes themselves, the inner margin of the lobes 

 very oblique and broadlj rounded. Anterior margin of the proster 

 iiuin stronglj carinate, gradually rising from the sides towards the 

 middle, u here it culminates in a fairlj long acuminate spine. I lorsum 

 of mesothorax provided immediately beneath the hind lobe oi the 

 pronotum with .1 conspicuous red cere, which shows only during flighl . 

 when the wings are expanded, or when the fronl edge ol the pronotum 

 is depressed- a "catch color" common to both sexes, bul most con- 

 spicuous in the female. 



( General color, as indicated above, dark vinaceous-brown or purplish; 

 on the face, cheeks, sides of pronotum, pleura, and femora more or 

 inereo-testaceous, often tinged with brown and ferruginous. 

 Abdomen bluish-black above, on sides and below testaceous and 

 tinged with roseate, orange, or ferruginous. Anterior and middle 

 tibiae fasciate with fuscous; hind femora below infuscated, internally 

 fasciate with fuscous, the entire genicular area and basal fourth of 

 tibiae strongly piceous, the latter apically becoming vinaceous. An- 

 tenna; fuscous, fasciate with flavous. 



Length of body, cf, 18.5 mm., 9, 32.5 mm.; of pronotum, cf , 5 1 

 mm., 9,8mm.; greatest width of pronotum, cf, 6.5 mm., 9,10mm.; 

 length of tegmina, cf, 14 mm., 9, 25 mm.; of hind femora, cf, 9-5 

 mm., 9 , 14 mm. 



Habitat. — Chapada, near Cuyaba, Matto Grosso, Brazil, where it 

 was taken from November to April by H. H. Smith, "No. 2083." 

 Types in the collection of the Carnegie Museum. 



This insect bears some resemblance at least in the color of the wings 

 to Ommexecha carulans Bolivar, but is much larger. 



Family PYRGOMORPHIM). 



Genus ALGETE Bolivar. 

 Algele Bolivar. Bol. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., V, p. 213 (1905). 



59. Algete brunneri Bolivar. 

 Algele brunneri Bolivar, Bol. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., V, p. 214 (1905). 



Habitat.— Pernambuco, Brazil, during the month of May (coll. L. 

 Bruner). Not contained among the H. H. Smith material. 



This insect was found feeding on a herbaceous plant very similar 

 to the common "Catnip." This plant grew in profusion on the 

 premises of an abandoned homestead in the outskirts o! the city. 

 Specimens were taken in coitll. 



