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103. Phlugis tener (Sti\l). 



Tliysdrus Icner Stai., Recens. Orth., II, p. 117 (1874); Redtenbacher, Monog. d. 



Conocephalid., p. 225 (1891). 

 Phlugis letter a Karny, Revis. Conoceph., p. loi (1907). 

 ? Locusla spinipes Fabricius, Ent. Syst. II, p. 37 (1794). 



There are several specimens at hand which I am inclined to place 

 here. They come from Villeta, Paraguay, and Chapada, Brazil. 

 They were taken during the months of April, May, July, and Novem- 

 ber (H. H. Smith). 



104. Phlugis proxima sp. no v. 



A small inconspicuous insect, which closely resembles P. tener of 

 Stal, but which differs from it in several respects, as indicated by the 

 synoptical key printed herewith. 



Size small, greenish to pale testaceous, tegmina and wings trans- 

 lucent or pellucid. Antennae without fuscous annulations. Prono- 

 tum elongated and rounded behind. Tegmina not quite reaching the 

 tips of the hind femora, their costal field provided with few transverse 

 veins, about seven to nine. Anterior femora below three-spined in 

 front, four-spined behind; anterior tibiae five-spined on both margins, 

 the spines slender and acuminate; middle tibiae two-spined below. 

 Male cerci straight, a trifle longer than the subgenital plate. Latter 

 short, its sides vertical, heavy, contracted at middle, the apical portion 

 viewed laterally spatulate and with the apex obliquely truncated from 

 above, deeply and narrowly fissured at middle. ? 



Length of body, d^ , 12 mm., of pronotum, 3 mm., of tegmina 10 

 mm., of wings, 16 mm., of hind femora, 9 mm. 



Habitat. — A single male, the type, comes from Chapada, Brazil, 

 where it was taken by H. H. Smith during the month of May. It is 

 in the Carnegie Museum. 



105. Phlugis virens (Thunberg). 



Conocephalus virens Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Petersb., V, p. 274 (1815). 

 Thysdrus virens Stal, Recens. Orth., II, p. 117 (1874); Redtenbacher, Mon. 



Conccephal., p. 224 (1891). 

 Phlugis virens Kirbv, Syn. Cat. Orth. Brit. Mus., II, p. 285 (1906); Karny, Revis. 



Conocephal., p. loi (1907). 

 Phlugis chrysopa Bolivar, Orth. Cuba, p. 37 (1888). 



There are specimens of this species before me from Rio de Janeiro, 

 Para, and Chapada, Brazil, and Puerto Suarez and the Province del 

 Sara, Bolivia. They were taken from September to January by H. 

 H. Smith and J. Steinbach. 



