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slightly) angulate ; posterior margin of lateral lobes sinu- 

 ate ; tegmina abbreviate and wings aborted. 



Bruneria McNeill (Note 8.) 

 d'-. Antennae apically clavate. . . Gomphocerus Thunberg. 



C-. Inner apical spurs of hind tibiae very unequal in length, the inferior 

 twice or nearly twice as long as the superior ; apical portion of scapular 

 field of $ tegmina but little dilated, so that the broadest part of the 

 tegmina lies at the middle (Scyllinae) . 



d^. Median carina of pronotum as distinct on prozona as on meta- 

 zona, cut only by the principal sulcus. 



e^. Fastigium of the vertex rounded, without or with suppressed 

 lateral costulation ; hind tibiae with 14-16 spines on the outer 

 margin. ...... Boopedon Thomas. 



e"-. Fastigium of the verte.x hollowed, with distinct lateral cos- 

 tulation ; hind tibiae with 9-1 2 spines on outer margin. 



y\ Eyes elongate, nearly twice as long as broad ; frontal 

 costa prominent, advanced in front of eyes by more than 

 half the shorter diameter of the latter ; tegmina with defi- 

 nite pantherine pattern. Flectrotettix yizHtxV^ (Note 9.) 

 f'-. Eyes suborbicular, much less than half as high again as 

 broad ; frontal costa not prominent, advanced in front 

 of eyes by less than half the shorter diameter of latter ; 

 tegmina irregularly and obscurely flecked. 



g'^. Pronotum subtruncate posteriorly, the prozona 

 much longer than the metazona ; tegmina and wings 

 abbreviate. . . Eupnigodes McNeill (Note 10). 



g'^. Pronotum more or less angulate posteriorly, the 

 prozona and metazona equal or subequal ; tegmina 

 and wings fully developed. 



h ^. Pronotum constricted in the middle, the 

 prozona slightly the shorter ; lateral carinae pre- 

 current, very divergent in front and behind. 



Stirapleura Scudder (Note 11). 

 h '-. Pronotum not constricted in the middle, the 

 prozona slightly the longer ; lateral carinae obso- 

 lete on the prozona, moderately divergent behind. 

 Ageneotettix McNeill (Note 12). 

 d'^. Median carina subobsolete posteriorly on the prozona, cut by its 

 sulci, as well as by the principal sulcus. Aulocara Scudder (Note 13). 



