.'i94 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



The present species, which is widelj' distributed over tropical 

 America, is represented by specimens from Benevides, Chapada, and 

 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were taken by H. H. Smith. 



154. Neoconocephalus heteropus (Bolivar). 



Conocephalus heteropus Bolivar, Notas EntomoL, V, p. 50 (1881); Redtenbacher, 



Mon. Conocephalid., pp. 67, 86 (1891). 

 Neoconocephalus heteropus Karny, Revis. Conocephalid., p. 26 (1907). 



This is another of the rather widely distributed species of the genus 

 found in tropical America. The determination is based on a female 

 bearing the label "Lagoa Feia, Tocos, in Espirito Santo, Brazil." 



155. Neoconocephalus infuscatus (Scudder). 



Conocephalus infuscatus Scudder, Ent. Notes, IV, p. 19 (1875); Redtenbacher, 



Mon. Conocephalid., pp. 66, 84 (1891). 

 Neoconocephalus infuscatus Karny, Revis. Conocephalid., p. 26 (1907). 



Several males are referred to this widely distributed tropical Ameri- 

 can species. They were taken by J. Steinbach during October and 

 November in the Province del Sara, Bolivia. 



156. Neoconocephalus nietoi (Saussure). 



Conocephalus nietoi S.aussure, Orth. Nov. Amer., I, p. 11 (1859); Redtenbacher, 



Mon. Conocephalid., pp. 68, 91 (1891). 

 Neoconocephalus nietoi Karny, Revis. Conocephalid., p. 28 (1907). 



A female specimen of the genus coming from Jamaica, U'est Indies, 

 has been referred to this species. It is quite typical. It also occurs 

 in the southern part of the United States, Mexico, and Central 

 America, and is common to all of the West Indian islands. 



157. Neoconocephalus gladiator (Redtenbacher). 



Conocephalus gladiator Redtenbacher, Mon. Conocephalid., pp. 68, 92 (1891). 

 Neoconocephalus gladiator Karny, Revis. Conocephalid., p. 29 (1907). 



A female specimen of the genus coming from Chapada, Brazil, has 

 been determined as this species. 



158. Neoconocephalus giganticus sp. nov. 



A very large, rather robust grass-green insect, with dusky feet and 

 black spines on all the femora, in which the fastigium of the vertex 

 is short and broadly rounded, and the ovipositor unusualh' long, broad, 

 and gently decurved. 



Head smooth, but little punctured or otherwise roughened, large 



