Bruner: South American Crickets. 411 



85. Thamnoscirtus vittatus (Gerstaecker). 



Phylloscyrliis vittatus Gerstaecker, /. c. (1863), p. 428; Saussure, Miss. Mex., 



Orth.. (1874), p. 369. 

 Phylloscirtus vittatus Burmeister, I. c, (1880), p. 16. 

 Thamnoscirtus vittatus Saussure, Mem. Soc. Geneve, XXV (1878), p. 492; Kirby, 



/. c. (1906), p. 84. 



Habitat. — While there are no representatives of T. vittatus among 

 the collections now being reported upon, there are two specimens in 

 the writer's possession which were taken by R. J. Crew at Demarara, 

 British Guiana, in 1901. 



Genus Phylloscyrtus Guerin. 



Phylloscyrtus Guerin, Icon. Reg. Anim., Ins. (1844), p. 333; Gerstaecker, Stettin. 



Ent. Zeit. XXIV (1863), p. 424; Saussure, Miss. Mex., Orth. (1874), p. 363; 



Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., II (1906), p. 84. 

 Phylloscirtus Saussure, Mem. Soc. Geneve, XXV (1897), p. 238; Burmeister, 



Abhandl. Ges. Halle, XV (1880), p. 12; Beutenmuller, Bull. Amer. Mus. 



Nat. Hist., VI (1894), pp. 268, 273; Bl.\tchley, Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci., 



1891, pp. 128, 137; Rep. Ind. Dept. Geol., XXVII (1903), p. 456. 

 Cranistus Stai-, Eugenie's Resa, Orth. (i860), p. 315. 

 Phyllopalpus Uhler, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad., II (1864), p. 543. 



This is another strictly American genus of small crickets, nearly all 

 the known species of which are found in the tropical countries of 

 South America. Up to the present time fourteen species have been 

 described. While the collection now being studied contains but three 

 specimens belonging to apparently that many species, one of these 

 seems to be new and is characterized herewith. 



86. Phylloscyrtus comptus (Walker) ? 



Phyllopalpus comptus Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B. M., I (1869), p. 69. 

 Phylloscyrtus comptus Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., II (1906), p. 85. 



Habitat. — A single female coming from "Puerto Suarez, Bolivia, 

 150 M." (J. Steinbach, collector) is referred doubtfully to Walker's 

 covtptus. 



87. Phylloscyrtus similis sp. nov. 



Related to P. colltirides Saussure, but much smaller. A dark- 

 colored insect with rufous head, infuscated legs, and pallid under- 

 parts. Wings lengthily caudate. 



Head rather narrow, but little wider than the anterior portion of 

 the pronotum; eyes of medium size, not prominent, separated by a 



