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dd. Posterior femora spined below. 



e. Tegmina with their apex surpassing the abdomen. 



/. Lateral lobes of the pronotum with their posterior margin 

 rounded. 

 g. Styles of subanal plate of male spiniform, above each of 

 which the plate is also produced into a very acute spine. 

 Pronotum with a discal ferruginous band. 



longipes Redtenbacher. 



gg. Styles of subanal plate of male filiform, the subgenital plate 



of male not produced into spines. Disc of the pronotum 



concolorous, not provided with a ferruginous median 



longitudinal band unicolor sp. nov. 



//. Lateral lobes of the pronotum with their posterior margin 

 straight or nearly so. 

 g. Abdomen concolorous. 



h. Fastigium of the vertex, viewed from in front with the 

 lateral margins distinctly divergent [Panama]. 



saltator Saussure. 

 Ml. Fastigium of the vertex, viewed from in front with the 

 lateral margins nearly parallel [Ecuador]. 



aqualorialis Giglio-Tos. 

 gg. Abdomen variegated with black [Ecuador]. 



versicolor Redtenbacher. 

 ee. Tegmina with their tips not attaining the apex of the abdomen. 

 /. Fastigium of the vertex broad, viewed from in front with the 

 lateral margins distinctly divergent. 

 g. Elytra in the male double, in the female less than double, 

 the length of the pronotum. Ovipositor equal to, or 

 shorter than, the hind femora. 

 h. Tegmina in the female longer than the pronotum. 

 Ovipositor nearly straight. 

 i. Tegmina of the female a trifle longer than the pro- 

 notum. Ovipositor distinctly shorter than the 

 posterior femora [South America]. 



brachypterus Redtenbacher. 



a. Tegmina of the female distinctly longer than the 



pronotum. Ovipositor of equal length with the 



hind femora [Brazil] meridionalis Scudder. 



hh. Tegmina in the female shorter than the pronotum. 

 Ovipositor sickle-shaped [Bolivia]. 



borellii Giglio-Tos. 



gg. Elytra in both male and female more than twice the length 



of the pronotum. Ovipositor usually longer than the 



hind femora recHcaudus sp. nov. 



//. Fastigium of the vertex narrow, viewed from in front with the 

 lateral margins nearly parallel. 

 g. Green. Abdomen concolorous [Colombia]. 



angustifrons Redtenbacher. 



