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e. Anterior tibia; flattened above, acute-angled. 



/. Pronotum witli the posterior margin elevated into callosities, 



obtusely triangulately emarginate. 



g. Disc of the pronotum unequal, but not tuberculate, 



Tegmina broader, the median vein crooked, elongate, 



the left speculum of the male obscure. Ovipositor 



straight Xerophyllopleryx Rehn. 



gg. Disc of the pronotum tuberculate or spinose on the sides. 

 h. Pronotum provided on each side of disc with a long 

 spine; the hind margin tuberculated at middle and 

 with the front margin dentate. 



Championica Sauss. & Pict. 

 hh. Disc of the pronotum provided on each side with an 

 acuminate tubercle; the hind margin not tubercu- 

 lated at middle, nor with the front margin dentate. 



Tetragonomera Stal. 



//. Pronotum with the posterior margin rounded, narrowly 



bordered. (Disc unequal, not tuberculate, the deflexed 



lobes perpendicular. Median vein straight. Ovipositor 



curved) ' Schochia Brunner. 



ee. Anterior tibiae rounded above, very rarely flattened, in which case 

 both margins are spined. (Anterior margin of the pronotum 

 sometimes furnished with a small tubercle or spine). 

 /. Pronotum with its anterior margin in the middle provided 

 with a more or less obvious obtuse tubercle; the metazona 

 not dilated, the hind margin not spinose. Anterior femora 

 one-half longer than the pronotum. 

 g. Anterior femora below spined at least on the front margin. 

 Anterior tibiae unarmed above. Tegmina and wings 

 fully developed. Size larger. .Tetanopus Redtenbacher. 

 gg. Anterior femora below spined on both margins. The 

 anterior tibiae armed above on both margins with strong 

 spines. Tegmina very much abbreviated, not passing 

 the first abdominal segment. . Sagephorics Redtenbacher. 

 ff. Pronotum armed in front with a median spine, the metazona 

 often dilated (except in the genus Adeclus and in Dicanthodis 

 granosa). Anterior femcra not cne-half longer than the 

 pronotum. 

 g. Femora unarmed above with spines. 



h. Genicular lobes of the femora spined. 



i. Metazona of the pronotum greatly dilated, pro- 

 duced into spines on both sides, posterior margin 

 many-spined. Ovipositor robust, straight. 



Orpacophora Kirby. 

 a. Metazona of the pronotum narrower, behind trun- 



