278 J. A. G. REHN. 



These specimens do not differ from Florida individuals. 



The above synonym appears perfectly correct after an examina- 

 tion of Walker's descriptions. The reduction of sabalianus has 

 already been proposed by Blatchley,* the name being based on the 

 immature form, in a condition similar to that on which Walker 

 based his semipicta. 



Eurycotis fischeriana (Saussure). 



1872, P[latyzosteria] fischeriana Saussure. Melanges Orthopterologiques, iv, 

 fasc. p. 111. [Cuba.] 



Three immature specimens; one male, two females; San Diego 

 de los Banos, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. April 22, 1900. (Palmer and 

 Riley.) [U. S. N. M.] Torquino Peak, Santiago Prov., Cuba (5800 

 feet). April, 1902. (S. H. Hamilton.) [A. N. S. Phila.] 



One of these specimens is more advanced than the others, being 

 about in the same condition as the specimens described by Saussure. 

 The other two have the black markings of the upper surface broken 

 and confined to two longitudinal series of blotches on the pronotum, 

 mesonotum, metanotum and tegmina, while the abdominal segments 

 are transversely barred with black. 



While quite a few nominal species of Eurycotis are known from 

 Cuba, it is quite probable that a large amount of material would 

 show several at least to represent immature stages of other forms. 



Genus PELM4TOSILPHA Dohrn. 



1887, Pelmatosilpha Dohrn, Entomolog. Zeitung, Stettin, xlviii, p. 410. In- 

 cluded P. praestans Dohrn and P. alaris (Saussure). 



Pelmatosilpha coriacea n. sp. 



Type: $; El Yunque (800 feet elev.), Porto Rico. February. 

 (C. W. Richmond.) [Cat. No. 6939, U. S. N. M.] 



Closely allied to P. marginalis Brunnerf from Grenada, but dif- 

 fering in the broader pronotum, the continuation of the flavous lateral 

 bar on the tegmina, and in the reddish tibise and tarsi. As the male 

 only of marginalis is known, the abdominal appendages cannot be 

 compared. 



Size medium ; form depressed, sub-ovoid. Head broad, extending somewhat 

 beyond the pronotum ; the interspace between the eyes greater than that between 

 the ocelli ; eyes compressed, the median section narrower than either the anterior 



* A Nature Wooing, p. 217. 



t Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1893, p. 603. 



