Bruner: Tropical American Tetticonoidea. 401 



Sara," Bolivia, where it was taken during the month of October, 1913, 

 by J. Steinbach at an elevation of 350 meters. It is in the Carnegie 

 Museum. 



166. Hyperbaenus bohlsi Giglio-Tos. 



Hyperbanus hohlsii Giglio-Tos, ZoiJl. Jahrb. Syst., V'lII, p. 815 (1895); Griffini, 

 Redia, VII, pp. 191, 196 (1911). 



Several specimens of the two sexes of this species are at hand. They 

 were collected at Puerto Suarez, Bolivia, by J. Steinbach during the 

 months of November, December, and January. 



167. Hyperbaenus juvenis Brunner? 



Hyperhceniis juvenis Brunner, Mon. Stenopel. u. Gryllacr., p. 124 (1888); Griffini, 

 Redia, VII, pp. 192, 2or (1911). 



Habitat. — A male specimen coming from Corumba, Brazil, is doubt- 

 fully referred to Brunner's /wze7n\s-. It was collected by H. H. Smith 

 during the month of April. 



Genus Keanias Brunner. 

 Neanias Brunner, Mon. Stenopel. u. Gryllacr., pp. 72, 129 (1888). 



While the representatives of the genus Neanias have all been credited 

 to the Orient, where the various forms are distributed over Africa, 

 Asia, and Australasia, there seems to be one at hand bearing a South 

 American locality label. 



168. Neanias (?) americanus sp. nov. 

 % General color (after long immersion in spirits) uniformly pale 



cinereo-testaceous, with the hind margins of the abdominal segments 

 paler, or rather more nearly testaceous, the consistency of the chitin 

 being denser and not permitting of the gray under color shining 

 through. Genicular lunules and base of hind tibise piceous. Head a 

 little wider than the front margin of the pronotum, the vertex roundly 

 depressed, the fastigium of the vertex linearly joined to the front, about 

 twice as wide as the basal antennal joint. Pronotum short, broadest 

 in front, the anterior margin of the disc a trifle roundly advanced upon 

 the occiput at the middle, behind truncate. Tegmina present as very, 

 minute lateral scale-like lobes, which partly cover the suture between 

 the dorsal and lateral portions of the mesothorax and extend only 

 one-half the distance towards its hind margin. Anterior and middle 

 tibiae below five-spined in front, four-spined behind; hind tibia? five- 

 spined internally, six-spined externally. 



