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distantly united with the ulnar by a cross-vein. Ulnar and discal 

 areas also provided with a few scattered, raised, smooth, pale papillae, 

 as described in connection with the costal area. Anterior and middle 

 femora spineless below, hind femora spined on both margins. Cerci 

 of male bowed, the apex not clavate but provided with a blunt hook; 

 subgenital plate tricarinate, the apex truncate, stylets of moderate 

 length and a little bent downwards. 



General color grass-green, a little paler on the head, sides of body, 

 and below. Lateral margins of pronotum and stridulating area, 

 together with the middle portion of the posterior radial vein of 

 tegmina, testaceous. 



Length of body, c^ , 22 mm., of pronotum, 5 mm., of tegmina, 36 

 mm., width of tegmina, 10.5 mm., length of hind femora, 19 mm. 



Hahitat. — Province del Sara, Bolivia, at an elevation of 350 meters. 

 Collected by J. Steinbach during December 191 2. The type, a 

 male, is the only specimen at hand. It is in the Carnegie Museum. 



Genus Lobophyllus Saussure. 



Lohophylliis S.a.ussure, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2) XI, p. 205 (1859); Brunner, Mon. 

 Phaneropt., pp. 30, 343 (1878); lb., Addit. Mon. Phaneropt., p. 22 (1891). 



This monotypic genus of katydids is confined to Brazil. It is 

 represented in the present collection. 



76. Lobophyllus legumen (Saussure). 



Phylloplera legumen Saussure, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2) XI, p. 205 (1859). 

 Lobophylliim legumen Brunner, Mon. Phaneropt., p. 343, pi. 7, fig. 98 a, b (1878); 

 Saussure & Pictet, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Orth., I, p. 364, PI. 18, figs. 12-15 



(1898). 



Habitat. — A single female specimen taken by H. H. Smith at 

 Chapada, Brazil, is referred here. 



Genus Syntechna Brunner. 



Syntechna Brunner, Mon. Phaneropt., pp. 30, 347 (1878); lb., Addit. Mon. 

 Phaneropt., p. 23 (1891); Saussure & Pictet, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Orth., I, p. 

 366 (1898). 



77. Syntechna divisa (\\'alker). 



Microcenlrum divisum Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B. M., II, p. 373 (1869). 

 Syntechna divisa Kir^y, Syn. Cat. Orth., II, p. 485 (1906). 



Habitat. — There are two female specimens of this insect at hand 

 from the island of Jamaica, West Indies. They form a part of the 

 Holland collection. Accession No. 2306, in the Carnegie Museum. 



