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17. Theudoria pyrrhocnemis Brunner? 



Theudoria pyrrhocnemis Brunner, Men. Phaneropt., p. 250 (1878); lb., Addit. 

 Mon. Phaneropt., p. 126 (1891). 



Habitat. — A single male specimen of the genus Theudoria is referred 

 with some doubt to Brunner's pyrrhocnemis. It bears the locality 

 label "Chapada, Brazil (H. H. Smith)." 



Genus Parascudderia Brunner. 

 Parasciidderia Brunner, Addit. Mon. Phaneropt., pp. 18, 126 (1891). 



The genus Parascudderia was created for a species of katydid coming 

 from Fonteboa on the Upper /Amazon, only the female of which was 

 described. There is before me in the present collection a single male 

 specimen, which runs to the genus in the synoptic table by a number 

 of characters. It may be the opposite sex of Brunner's dohnii, but 

 it is difificult to believe this, because it differs from Brunner's descrip- 

 tion in several respects. The following characterization of the speci- 

 men is offered. 



18. Parascudderia abnormalis sp. nov. 



General color sordid olivaceous, the secondary veins quite regular, 

 sanguineous. Pronotum smooth, the disc somewhat convex, some- 

 what similar to that in Ceraia. Head medium or small, the occiput 

 smooth, rounded; eyes globular, prominent; fastigium of the vertex 

 somewhat flattened, gently depressed, blunt, and not touching the 

 fastigium of the front. Pronotum with the lateral lobes roundly 

 inserted, higher than long, anterior margin of the disc nearly straight, 

 the hind margin broadly rounded. Tegmina translucent, rather 

 scantily veined, the longitudinal veins greenish and testaceous, the 

 cross-veins sanguineous, the minor veinlets pallid. Exposed portion 

 of wings sordid olive, the remainder hyaline. Anterior femora below 

 spineless, intermediate one-spined externally and hind pair many- 

 spined on both margins. Anterior tibiae sulcate and provided exter- 

 nally above, just beyond the foramina, with a minute spine; middle 

 tibiae also spined above. Last dorsal segment of abdomen of male 

 rather large, on each side tumid; the supra-anal plate, or what seems 

 to be a modification of it, divided above the bases of the cerci, into- 

 two widely separated long sickle-like appendages which are nearly 

 twice as long as the cerci and somewhat flattened and smooth; the 

 cerci moderately robust at base, bowed, tapering, and ending in a 



