Bruner : South Amern \\ l 487 



the space between mesosternal lobes slightl) transverse, bul narrower 

 than the lobes themseh es. 



General color above olivaceous, becoming almosl Mack on the 

 pronotum and upper portion of pleura; legs mostly, lower pa 

 pleura, abdomen, except immediate dorsum and underside, brighl 

 citron-yellow. Pronotum conspicuously marked with six large patches 

 of lemony-ellow, two on each side, and two on the disk. Face, fasti- 

 gium, vertex, and anterior portion of occipul inclining to flavous, the 

 posterior portion of head dark olive. Tegmina olivaceous, becoming 

 darker on costal field and towards the apex, where they shade into 

 fuscous. Wings apparently somewhat infuscated. Genicular portion 

 of hind femora ferruginous, the lunules somewhat, infuscated; hind 

 tibiae and tarsi vinous red. Antenna- pale ferruginous, the apex 

 concolorous. 



Length of body, ?, 28 mm., of pronotum, 5 mm., of tegmina, 

 I s mm., of hind femora, [5 mm., of hind tibiae, 12.5 mm. 



Habitat. — The only specimen at hand, the type, comes from Santa 

 Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, where it was taken at an elevation of 450 

 meters above sea-level l>y J. Steinbach. It is the property of the 

 Carnegie Museum. 



The type of P. ornatus is deposited in the Museum of Natural 

 History, University of Moscow, Russia. 



Genus Holmalosaparus Rehn. 



Hohnalosaparus Reiin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., LX, p. 17 (1908); Bruner, 

 Ann. Carnegie Mus., VIII, p. 90 (1911). 



The locusts which belong to the present genus resemble quite closely 

 the species of Phcroparia, but differ in a number of diagnostic char- 

 acters. Only two forms have thus far been recognized. As stated 

 in a former paper (Annals, VIII, p. 90) these insects belong to 

 southern Brazil. 



100. Homalosaparus sordidatus Rehn. 



Homalosaparus sordidatus Rehn, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVI, pp. I.S5-I57. 

 figs. 36, 37 (1909); Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VIII, p. 91 (1911). 



Habitat. — Only a single fem.de specimen of this locusl is contained 

 in the collection now being reported upon. It comes from Guaicuhy, 

 Minas Geraes, Brazil, where it was collected on December 15, 1907, 

 by J. I '. 1 laseman. 



