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A A. Posterior lemora four- to five-spined on the internal margin. Ovipositor 

 obtuse, the apex crenulate on both margins [Upper Amazon, Brazil]. 



soror Brunner. 



24. Parableta boliviana sp. nov. 



Related to iiilci^ricauda of Brunner, from which it differs in its 

 larger size. 



Pale green, the eyes dark ferruginous, or brown. Fasligium of the 

 vertex depressed, the apex subacute, sulcate, touching the fastigium 

 of the front. Pronotum with the disc very slightly convex, its front 

 margin shallowly and roundly emarginate, the hind margin evenly 

 rounded; lateral lobes angulately inserted, perpendicular, higher than 

 long, in front straight, below and behind evenly rounded. Tegmina 

 scarcely subpellucid, though not- opaque; the posterior fork of the 

 branch of the hind radial approaching quite closely to the ulnar, to 

 which it is joined by a short transverse veinlet. There are three 

 infuscated spots located along the ulnar vein at the points where it 

 emits branches and where it is joined with the fork of the posterior 

 radial branch. Anterior and middle femora four- to five-spined 

 below, hind pair seven- to nine-spined on both margins; anterior and 

 middle tibiae one- to three-spined above. Last ventral abdominal 

 segment moderately large, tapering but little, the sides carinated, 

 fissured almost to the base, the styles elongate. Cerci similar to 

 those in integricauda. Ovipositor smooth, subacuminate; the sub- 

 genital plate short, triangular, the middle carinated, the apex entire, 

 blunt. 



Length of body, cf , 17 mm., 9 , 25 mm.; of pranotum, cf and 9 r 

 6 mm.; of tegmina, cf , 38 mm., 9 , 41 mm.; width of same, cf , 10 

 mm., 9,11 mm.; length of hind femora, d^, 23 mm., 9 , 24 mm.; of 

 ovipositor, 10 mm. 



Habitat. — There are specimens at hand from "Province del Sara,"' 

 and Quatro Ojos and Las Juntas, Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia;. 

 The types, cT and 9 , are from the first named locality. They were 

 taken during December. All the specimens were taken by J. Stein- 

 bach. The types are in the Carnegie Museum. 



25. Parableta soror Brunner? 



Porablela soror Brunner, Addit. Mon. Phaneropt., p. 134 (1891). 



A single male katydid bearing the labels "Corumba, high land," 

 and "April" is referred doubtfully to this species. It was taken by 

 H. H. Smith. 



