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livia, 350 m., J. Steinbach, 11-1913." These insects belong to the 

 Carnegie Museum. 



Genus LiGOCATiNUS Rehn. 

 Ligocatinus Rehn, Can. Ent., XXXIII, p. 272 (igoi); Kirby, Sj'n. Cat. Orth., II. 



p. 449 (1906). 

 Amaiira Brunner {nee Moll.) Mon. Phaneropt., pp. 25, 247 (1878); lb., Verb. 



Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, XLI, pp. 17, 122 (1891); Sauss. &. Pict., Biol. Cent.- 



Amer., Orth., I, p. 321 (1897). 



The representatives of the genus Ligocatinus are few in number, but 

 have a rather wide distribution, species occurring from Mexico to 

 Central Argentina. 



15. Ligocatinus spinatus (Brunner)? 



Amaura spinala Brunner, Mon. Phaneropt., p. 248, pi. 5, fig. 74 a, b (1878); lb., 

 Addit. Mon. Phaneropt., p. 122 (1891); S.'vuss. & Pict., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Orth., 

 I, p. 322 (1897). 



Ligocatinus spinatus Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., II, p. 449 (1906). 



Habitat. — Specimens of both sexes of what I take to be L. spinatus 

 Brunner are at hand. Thej^ come from Corumba, Brazil, (H. H. 

 Smith), Puerto Suarez, and Province del Sara, Bolivia (J. Steinbach). 



Genus Homotoicha Brunner. 

 Homotoicha Brunner, Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, XLI, pp. 17, 124 (1891). 



This genus is rather closely related to the preceding, and contains 

 five recognized forms. They are all South American in their distri- 

 bution. 



16. Homotoicha fuscopunctata Caudell. 



Homotoicha fuscopunctata Caudell, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXX, p. 236 (1906). 



Habitat. — There are a number of specimens of both sexes at hand. 

 They were taken at Chapada, Brazil (H. H. Smith) and Santa Cruz 

 de la Sierra, Bolivia (J. Steinbach). 



Although the series examined varies a little in size, they agree well 

 with a type specimen which is in the writer's collection. 



Genus Theudoria Stal. 



■Theudoria Stal, Recens. Orth., II, p. 15 (1874); Brunner, Mon. Phaneropt., pp. 

 25, 249 (1878); lb., Addit. Mon. Phaneropt., pp. 17, 126 (1891). 



This genus is confined to South America, and contains but few 

 representatives. 



