1869.] 333 [Scudder. 



straight, with a slight median elevation; basal half luteous, apical 

 half and lower border black. Length of body 1.88 in. ; of tegmina 

 2.1 in.; of hind tibiae 1.26 in. ; of ovipositor .87 in.; breadth of same 

 .18 in. One 9 . Napo or Maranon. 



7. Copiophora gracilis nov. sp. 



Vertical spine squarish at base, the apical two thirds conical ; basal 

 half furnished superiorly with a double row of tubercules directed 

 forwards; inferiorly with a single prominent tubercle; above, and a 

 little in advance of this on each side, a single smaller tubercle ; the 

 apex sharply pointed and turned a very little downward ; front of 

 mandible and upper edge of clypeus black. Tegmina with a few 

 black points along the middle. Hind femora armed along the whole 

 inferior carina with a row of distant sharply pointed spines, curved a 

 little outwards. Length of vertical spine .23 in. ; of pronotum .33 

 in.; of tegmina 1.35 in.; of hind femora .05 in. One $. Napo or 

 Maranon. 



8. Conocephalus brevieauda nov. sp. 



Stout; first four joints of antenna3, sockets of antenme, front of 

 mandibles and upper edge of clypeus black ; antemige luteo-fuscous, 

 distantly and narrowly annulated with fuscous ; tubercle of vertex 

 very broad, short, the front slightly rounded, the neck a little con- 

 stricted. Latei'al carinas of jjronotum edged with blackish fuscous; 

 pleura well rounded beneath. Tegmina rather broad, sprinkled with 

 black dots. Legs sbort and rather stout; ovipositor very short, 

 sharply pointed. Length of body 1.25 in.; of pronotum .35 in.; of 

 tegmina 1.7 in. ; of hind femora .84 in.; of ovipositor .5 in.; bi-eadth 

 of same .08 in. : distance from centre of eye to tip of vertex .13 in. 

 One $ . Napo River. 



9. Conocephalus tenuieauda nov. sp. 



Slender, uniformly green. Tubercle of vertex short, broad, the 

 front scarcely rounded, produced beneath to a blunt, very short, 

 conical tooth. Lower edge of pleura of pronotum docked angularly 

 in front. Tegmina slender, immaculate. Ovipositor very slender, 

 lono-, not very sharply jiointed. Length of body 1.1 in. ; of prono- 

 tum .29 in. ; of tegmina 1.57 in.; of hind femora .9 in. ; of ovipositor 

 .77 in.; breadth of same .04 in.; distance from centre of eye to tip 

 of vertex .07 in. One 2 . Napo or Maranon. 



PANOPLOSCELis nov. gen. 



Allied to Llstroscelis. Head large, globose, the front very broad 

 but shghtly convex, with rather prominent lateral angles, the vertex 



