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The genus Peucestes Stal is tropical and subtropical American in its 



distribution, and is made up of large showy insects. Eight species 



are known. 



32. Peucestes dentatus Stal. 



Peucestes dentatus Stal, Recens. Orth., II, p. 45 (1874); Brunner, Mon. Phaner- 

 opt., pp. 364, 365 (1878); Sauss. & PiCT., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Orth., I, pp. 370. 

 371, PI. 18, figs. 3-S (1898). 



Phaneroptera citrifolia Blanchard {nee Linnaeus), Hist. Ins., Ill, p. 24, PI. 7 

 (1840). 



Habitat. — There are two specimens of this species in the collection, 



a male and female. The former comes from Villa Bella, Bolivia, and 



the latter from El Calloa, Venezuela. Both specimens are quite 



typical. 



33. Peucestes unidentatus Brunner. 



Peucestes unidentatus Brunner, Addit. Mon. Phaneropt., pp. 182, 183 (1891). 



Habitat. — A single female specimen bearing the locality label 



"Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia," is referred here. It was probably 



taken by J. Steinbach. 



34. Peucestes striolatus Brunner. 



Peucestes striolatus Brunner, Mon. Phaneropt., pp. 365, 366 (1878); Bolivar, 

 Viaje al Pacifico, Ins., p. 58 (1884); Saussure & Pictet, Biol. Cent.-Amer., 

 Orth., I, pp. 370, 372 (1898). 



Habitat. — There are in the collection two specimens of this inter- 

 esting katydid from eastern Bolivia. 



Genus Posidippus Stal. 



Posidippus St.\l, Recens. Orth., II, p. 20 (1874); Brunner, Mon. Phaneropt., 

 pp- 32, 36 (1878); lb., Addit. Alon. Phaneropt., pp. 19, 183 (1891); Kirby, Syn. 

 Cat. Orth., II, p. 453 (1906). 



Frontinus St.\l, Recens. Orth., II, p. 20 (1874). 



The insects which comprise the genus Posidippus Stal are all rather 

 large and showy. They are tropical American and with a single 

 exception are confined to South America. Including the species 

 described herewith, there are an even dozen known to science. 



35. Posidippus flavolineatus sp. nov. 



Related to P. stali and P. lineatus and in size about midway between 

 them. The costa, humeral angle, and posterior margin of the tegmina 

 are tlavous. 



Front rounded, the fastigium of the front bituberculate, tbe margins 



