378 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



ee. Tegmina but little, or not at all, passing beyond the apex of the 



abdomen Parasiibria Karny. 



cc. Tegmina greatly abbreviated, less than one-half as long as the abdomen. 

 Middle tibiae spineless. Tegmina covered by the elytra. 



Paranelytra Karny. 

 A A. Prosternum armed with two spines or teeth. Meso- and metasternum at most 

 lobed, but without spines. 



b. Tegmina at the apex truncate-emarginate Eppia Stal. 



bb. Tegmina rounded at the apex. 



d. First antennal joint provided internally with a sharp tooth-like pro- 

 jection Eschatoceras Redtenbacher. 



dd. First antennal joint provided internally with a blunt tooth or entirely 

 without any such attachment. 

 e. Pronotum more or less truncate or roundedly truncate behind. 



/. Tegmina ordinarily constructed, without unnaturally enlarged 

 nervures or deeply impressed points. Meso- and metasternal 



lobes triangular Agrcecia Serville. 



ff. Tegmina very rarely ordinarily constructed, either provided with 

 extraordinarily thickened nervures or with deeply' impressed 

 pits between the anterior border and subcosta. .Loja Giglio-Tos. 

 ee. Pronotum roundly produced behind. 



/. Tegmina strongly abbreviated. Fastigium of the vertex broadly 

 rounded at the apex, wider than the first antennal joint. 



Uchuca Giglio-Tos. 

 //. Tegmina fully developed, or at least almost the length of the 

 abdomen. 

 g. Fastigium of the vertex laminately compressed, above armed 



with a spine [Ecuador] Paralobaspis Giglio-Tos. 



gg. Fastigium of the vertex above not armed with a spine. 



h. Ovipositor angulately bent. . .Nannagrcecia Redtenbacher. 

 hh. Ovipositor ordinarily curved [Paraguay]. 



Berloniella Rehn. 



Genus Eschatoceras Redtenbacher. 

 Eschalocerus Redtenbacher, Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, XLI, pp. 331, 448 (1891); 



Karny, Revis. Conocephal., pp. 52, 64 (1907)- 



This is a tropical South American genus of Agro^ciidae and contains 

 seven recognized species. Only one of these has been found in the 

 present collection. 



• 125. Eschatoceras nigrospinosus Karny. 

 Eschatoceras nigrospinosus Karny, Revis. Conocephal., p. 64 (1907). 



Habitat. — There is a single female specimen of Karny's E. nigro- 

 spinosus among the material coming from the "Province del Sara, 

 Bolivia." It was collected by J. Steinbach at an elevation of 350 

 meters above sea-level. 



