376 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMi OF [Aug., 



The cercus of the male of this species is represented by fig. 5. 

 There is an appreciable amount of variation in size in this species, the 

 extremes of the present series measuring as follows : 



Length of tegmen, . . 24 mm. 25.5 mm. 23.8 mm. 27 mm. 

 Length of caudal femur, 2L2 " 23 '' 22 " 23.6 || 

 Length of ovipositor, 7.2 " 7.8 



LIGOCATINUS Rehn. 



187S. Amaura Brunner, Monogr. der Phaneropt., pp. 25, 247. (Not of 



MoUer, 1842.) 

 1901. Ligocatinus Rehn, Canad. Entom., XXXIII, p. 272. 



Type. — Amaura spinata Brunner. 



Ligocatinus olivaceus (Brunner). 



1891. Amaura olivacea Brunner, Verhandl. K.-K. Zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien 

 XLI, p. 123. [Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.] 



February, 1903 and 1905; three females. 



Terminal spines are present on the external dorsal margin of the 

 cephalic tibise in all tlu'ee specimens.^ 



HOMOTOICHA Brunner. 



1891. Homotoicha Brunner, Verhandl. K.-K. Zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien, XLI, 

 pp. 17, 124. 



Type. — H. minor (Brunner). 



Homotoicha fuscopunctata Caadel!. 



1906. Homotoicha fuscopunctata Caudell, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., XXX, p. 

 236. [Sapucay, Paraguay.] 



March, 1905; one male. 



This specimen has been examined by Caudell, who states there is no 

 doubt in his mind but that it represents the male of 

 his species. As the appendages are undescribed a few 

 notes ma}^ be of interest. 



Terminal dorsal abdominal segment with the apical 

 Fig. 9. — H o?no- margin broadly subtruncate. Cerci with the proximal 

 mmctcUa Cau- third very stout, scabrous and bearing ' on the inter- 

 dell. Lateral nal margin a lamellate ridge developed into a falciform 

 of ^ male abdo^ process. Curving dorsad, the base broad, apex acute 

 men. ( X 5.) and normally touching the base of the opposite cercus ; 

 median third of the cercus compressed ; apex thickened,, 

 obliquely truncate and with a small spine placed in the middle of the 

 truncation, beyond the proximal third the cerci are curved inward. 



3 Vide Caudell, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXX, p. 236. 



