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A NEW TETTKIIAN GENUS AND SPECIES FROM SOUTH AMERICA. 



BY J. L. HANCOCK, CHICAGO, ILL. 



The curiou.s Tettigian here de- rounded pi-otuljerant outline; as seen in 



•1 1 r c ti A • i„,,Ut front tlie frontal costa is stronsjlv fnrcate, 



scribed from South America undoubt- = ■' . 



■ the branches widely and evenly du'ergmg 



edly belongs to the subfamily Batra- ._^ ^,,^.,. ,,,,,,„,;„,/;„ j,,, ..^g^ian ocellns. 



chidinae or Section VI of Professor g^.e^ of moderate size, compresso-subtrian- 



Bolivar. From the group of which gnlar in ontline; ocelli distinctly showing 



Tettigidea Scudder, and Paxilla Bolivar, >" t'™"' °'' -'""l « ''"'^ •''''o^e the middle of 



, i '^ • !■ i- • 1 1 1 »i the eyes. Antennae (incomplete) slender, 



form a part it is distinguished by the ■> . . . ^ „ , 



' ^ ^ filiform, inserted 111 front of the eves between 



absence on the verte.x of the frontal „,g superior ocelli and the anterior inferior 

 carina; the latter structure is repre- border of the e.yes; apical article of maxillary 

 sented, however, as a rudiment in the palpi strongly ampliato-compressed. Pro- 

 form of very small abbreviated lateral ""'"'" scarcely convened between the shonl- 

 , , . , T 1 ■ I dcrs. anteriorlv truncate, posterioriv long 



elevated ridges a little anterior to the ,,.,," ^ i . T- i 



° subulate, the pronotal process extending be- 



supra ocular lobes of the head. It is yond the posterior femora; posterior border 



the peculiar shortening of the last of lateral lobes feebly sinuate, the subhu- 



article of the posterior tarsus coincident '"e™' ■'^>""« f°'' 'h^ insertion of the elytra 



■^1 1 ,1 • f ti £; i I- 1 shallow. Elvtra narrow; winsjs completely 



with a lengthening of the first article ■ > » i ., 



. developed, extending beyond the process, 



which is specially characteristic in this Anterior femora slender, sulcate above; 



new genus. These differences will neces. middle femoral carinae straight; external 



sitate a slight modification of e.xisting pagina of posterior femora rather rugose, 



tables of o'eiiera to receive it "^^ third article of the posterior tarsus very 



small, being less than one hal^ the length 



Paurotarsus gen. nov. ^^ "''^ '^''^^ article, pulvilli subeqnal in 



length, straight below. 



Body moderately long, slender, rugose. Paurotarsus amazonns sp. nov. Fig. la. 



Face distinctly rounded anteriorly, slightly ib, ic, id, le. 



declined below. Vertex wide, considerably Body rugose, fuscous, first and second 



broader than one of the eyes; with a very femora clouded with fuscous, tibiae annulated 



small supra ocular lobe, on each side, sep- with fuscous. Vertex slightly tumid, nearly 



arated behind fioin the broadened occiput twice the breadth of one of the eyes, on each 



by a little oblique fissure, front incompletely side provided with a small supra ocular 



carinated; on each side close to the anterior lobe, divided behind from the broadened 



inner border of the eyes, is a minute abbre- occiput by a minute oblique fissure, and just 



viated, slightly converging carina, the .space anterior to the supra ocular lobes are little 



between these little latero-frontal carinae abbreviated, slightly converging latero- 



of the vertex obtusely sloping off in front; frontal carinae which are separated anleri. 



niid-cariua abbreviated and very thin, orly, apart about the width of one of the 



slightly protuberant above, fusing with the eyes, here the front is obtusely sloped off 



smooth frontal costa. and not transversely carinated, mid-carina 



In profile the head presents a distinctly abbreviated, a little produced above, coalesc- 



