392 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Aug., 



AGR.ffiCIA ServiUe. 

 1831. Agroecia ServiUe, Ann. Sci. Nat., XXII, p. 1,52. 

 Type. — Locusta 'punctata ServiUe. 



*Agraeoia maculata Redtenbacher. 



1891. Agrcecia maculata Redtenbacher, Verhandl. K.-K. Zool.-bot. Gesell. 

 Wien, XLI, p. 455, taf. IV, fig. 63. [Theresopolis, Brazil.] 



November and December, 1904; nine males, eleven females. 



These individuals are perfectly typical of the species except for their 

 smaller size. Considerable variation in size is noticed in the female sex, 

 but no specimen is as large as the measurements given by Redtenbacher. 



The cerci of the male are short, stout and with the apex abruptly 

 tapering; subgenital plate with the apex broad, truncate and with 

 considerable sized lateral false styles. 



The measurements of an average male and the extremes of the female 

 sex are here given : 



Length of body. . 

 Length of pronotum, 

 Length of tegmen, . 

 Length of caudal femur, 

 Length of ovipositor, . 



XIPHELIMUM Caudell. 

 1906. Xiphelimum Caudell, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXX, p. 241. 

 Type. X. amplipennis Caudell. 



Xiphelimum amplipennis Caudell. 



1906. Xiphelimum amplipennis Caudell, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXX, 

 p. 241. [Sapucay, Paraguay.] 



March, 1905; seven males. 



These specimens fully agree with the original description of this 

 beautiful species. 



CONOCEPHALUS Thunberg.i^ 



1815. Conocephalus Thunberg, M6m. I'Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pet^rsb., V, pp. 

 214,271. 



Type by tautonomy C. hemipterus Thunberg = Locusta conocephalus 



Linnseus. 



1831. Xiphidion Serville, Ann. Sci. Nat., XXII, p. 159. 



Conocephalus longipes (Redtenbacher). 



1891. Xiphidium longipes Redtenbacher, Verhandl. K.-K. Zool.-bot. 

 Gesell. Wien, XLI, p. 505, taf. IV, fig. 81. [Buenos Ayres, Argentina; 

 Montevideo, Uruguay; Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catharina, Brazil; 

 Peru(?).] 



'' See note on page — under Conocephaloides. 



