382 PROCEEDINGS Of THE ACADEMY OF [Aug., 



abdomen and proximal portion of the tegmina and somewhat hoary 

 on the pleura, coxae and lateral lobes of the pronotum. Eyes hazel; 

 tympanum of the tegmina with the principal veins strongly marked 

 with bistre. 



^ Measuretnents. 



Length of body, 17 mm. 



Length of pronotum, 4.9 " 



Length of tegmen, 27 " 



Length of caudal femur, 14.5 " 



The type is the only specimen of this species seen by the author. 



PHYLLOPTERA Serville. 

 1831. PhyUoptera Ser\ille, Ann. Sci. Nat., XXII, p. 142. 

 Type. — As designated by Kirby, P. cassinoefolia. 



PhyUoptera alliedea Caudell. 



1906. PhyUoptera alliedea Caudell, Proc. U. S. Nat.^Mus., XXX, p. 238. 

 [Sapucay. Paraguay.] 



February, 1902 and 1905, May, 1902; two males, one female. 



PhyUoptera spinulosa Brunner. 



j-,'. J 1878. Ph[yUoptcra] spinulosa Brunner, Monogr. der Phaneropt., p. 314. 

 [Ypamena, Sao Paulo, Brazil.] 



February, 1905; one male, one female. 



The female individual has the tegmina with an ocellus as mentioned 

 by Caudell. In neither specimen are the cephalic tibiae sulcate dorsad. 



The ovipositor of this species is very short and robust, the apex 

 rectangulate, the distal half of the margins crenulate and the faces of 

 the same portion tessellato-granulate. The ventral length of the 

 ovipositor is six millimeters. Subgenital plate small, very strongly 

 produced, divided to the base. 



HYPERPHRONA Brunner. 

 1878. Hyperphrona Brunner, Monogr. der Phaneropt., pp. 28, 315. 



Type. — H. angusta Brunner. 

 *Hyperphrona signata n. sp. 



Types: (j and ? ; Sapucay, Paraguay. December 19, 1904 (d^); 

 February 24, 1905 ( 9 ). (WiUiam Foster.) [Hebard Collection.] 



Allied to H. binotata Brunner from the upper Amazon, agreeing 

 with it in the coloration of the proximal joints of the antennae, the pro- 

 portions of the tegmina and the point of contact of the median vein, but 

 differing in the absence of black from the remainder of the antennae, the 

 spiniform apex of the male cerci, the shorter ovipositor and the peculiar 



