^02 BRAZILIAN DERMAPTERA AND ORTHOPTERA « 



Zoniopoda tarsata (Senille) 



1831. Acridium tarsata Serville, Ann. Sci. Nat., xxii, p. 283. [Brazil.] 



Franga, State of Sao Paulo. January, 1911. (E. Garbe.) 

 One female. 



This specimen is inseparable from other material of the species 

 from several localities. The species has been definitely recorded 

 from Rio de Janeiro and Jundiahy, State of Sao Paulo, as well 

 as the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 



Zoniopoda cruentata (Blanohard) 



1846. Acridium cruentatum Blanchard, in D'Orl)igny. Voy. dans I'Am^r. 

 Merid., vi, pt. ii, p. 216, pi. xxvii, fig. 5. [No locality.] 



Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul. June, 1912. One 

 female. 



It appears probable that cruentata and tarsata are merely geo- 

 graphic races of the same species, or even only environmental 

 phases, but more material from other localities is necessary to 

 clearly demonstrate the real relationship of the two. Typically 

 they appear distinct and the series show fair geographic correla- 

 tion, the more reddish tarsata to Brazilian localities, the more 

 yellowish cruentata to Paraguayan and Argentinian localities. 

 The presence of material (one male and one female) from La 

 Cumbre, Province of Cordoba, Argentina, nearer tarsata than 

 cruentata suggests, however, the possibility of environmental, 

 instead of purely geographic or regional, influences being respon- 

 sible for the color differences. Material from a number of locali- 

 ties and habitat information must be available to clear up this 

 problem. 



Zoniopoda hempeli Bruner 



1911. Zoniopoda hempeli Bruner, Ann. Carneg. Mus., \iii, p. 58 footnote. 

 [Sao Paulo, Brazil.] 



Franga, State of Sao Paulo. January, 1911. (E. Garbe.) 

 One female. 



This specimen measures as follows: length of body, 36.5 mm.; 

 lengthof pronotum, 9.2; length of tegmen, 31.7; length of caudal 

 femur, 18.2. The species was previously known only from the 

 original description, and in position it is very close to iheringi 

 and mimicula. 



