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iiil; anteiioi'i} uilli (lie iVontal costa; fron- 

 tal costa slroiigly coinprcsso-protuberant, 

 advanced in front of tlie eves about three 

 fourths the length of one of them, presenting 

 ivilh the vertex a distinctly rounded outline 

 in profile; viewed in front the frontal 

 costa is quite widely furcate, starting oppo- 

 site the upper margin of the eves, the 

 branches are evenlv divergent and straight 

 in their descension to the median ocellus. 

 Eyes conipresso-subtriangular in outline, 

 the posterior ocelli are conspicuous midway 

 between the anterior margins of the frontal 



knee of hind femora; lateral lobes of the 

 pronotum very little diverging below, th^ 

 inferior margin scarcely reflected, the poste- 

 rior margin feebly sinuate, the posterior 

 inferior angle nearly straight, superior or 

 subhuuierai sinus for the insertion of the 

 elytra shallow. Elytra slender, apicallv 

 obtusely rounded, externally punctate ; wings 

 fully developed extending beyond the pro- 

 notal process. Anterior femora sulcate 

 above; middle femoral carinae straight, 

 posterior femora quite slender, the tibia 

 nuiltispinose, first article of posterior tarsus 



ccncoc^^. 



Fig. la, Patirotarsus aiiiazonus sp. n. ib, same, front view of face and pronotum. 

 ic, same, profile of body, greatly enlarged. id, same, tarsus of posterior leg, 

 enlarged. le, same, dorsal view of head, enlarged. Original, from nature by Dr. 

 Hancock. 



costa and the eyes, on a plane a little above 

 their middle. Antennae filiform, maxillary 

 palpi apically ampliato-compressed. Pro- 

 notum with the dorsal front margin truncate, 

 posteriorly long and subulate, between the 

 shoulders transversely scarcely convexed, 

 strongly rugose; median carina distinctly 

 elevated, nearly straight, interrupted near 

 the front margin by a transverse suture, 

 anterior lateral carinae short, subparallel ; 

 humeral angles strongly obtuse, apical 

 process of pronotum extending beyond the 



a little more than twice as long as the third, 

 the pulvilli subequally long, straight below. 

 The subgenital plate of male as viewed from 

 above acute conical, bifurcated at the ex- 

 tremity. 



Length Body, $, pronotum 15.5 mm. 

 post. fern. 7.5 mm. Entire length of body 

 to apex of wing^ 16.5 millimeters. 



Locality, Manaos, Amazon, South 

 America. (. ). Staudinger. 

 Labelled Hcdotettix. 



