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Genus Agrcecia Serville. 



Agrcecia Serville, Rev. Method., p. 152 (1831). 



While several species of the genus Agrcecia occur in South America, 



only two of them are contained among the material now being reported 



upon. Judging from the few references to members of the genus in 



entomological writings, they are comparatively rare. They are the 



following: 



126. Agrcecia vittipes Redtenbacher? 



Agracia vittipes Redtenbacher, Monog. Conocephalid., p. 140 (1891). 



Habitat. — There is a single female among some material coming 



from Bogota, Colombia, which is referred with some doubt to this 



species. It was among some other Orthoptera referred to me by the 



Carnegie Museum several years ago for study. 



127. Agrcecia abbreviata Redtenbacher. 

 Agrcecia abbreviata Redtenbacher, Monog. Conocephalid., p. 142 (1891). 



A single male example of this species is at hand. It bears the 

 label "Rio de Janeiro," and was probably taken by H. H. Smith. 



128. Agrcecia sp.? 

 Habitat. — Matanzas, Cuba. (J. A. Shafer.) icf nymph. 



Family COPIPHORID/E {Conocephalincc). 

 The representatives of the present family are relegated to forty- 

 four genera, of which nearly one-half are to be met with in tropical 

 America. Aside from the families Phaneropteridae and Pseudo- 

 phyllidse the representatives of this family are the most numerous of 

 the Tettigonoidea. While these insects are mostly green, or greenish, 

 and live among low vegetation, there are a few, which are brown or 

 ferruginous, and live among fallen leaves and on the trunks of trees 

 and stems of shrubbery. These insects, together with the representa- 

 tives of the Conocephalidai! and Agra?ciidai are the chief musicians 

 among the Orthoptera. The twenty-nine genera known to inhabit 

 the region now under consideration are separated herewith by the 

 subjoined synoptical table. 



Synopsis of the South American Genera of Copiphorid.e. 



A. Pronotum spined or ruguloso-spinose. 



b. Size larger. Posterior femora above not lobate. Ovipositor narrow, long, 

 and nearly straight Panacanlhus Walker. 



