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The species is now known to range from Coriimbd to Formosa terri- 

 tory, Argentina, and from central Paraguay to San Lorenzo, Jujiiy, 

 Argentina. 



Genus DICHROPLUS Stal. 



DICHROPLUS PUNCTULATUS (Thunberg). 



Bonito, Pernambuco, Brazil. January, 1883. (A. Koebele; one 

 collected on cotton.) Two females. 



Espirito Santo, Brazil. [Hebard collection.] One female. 



Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil. April. (H. H. Smith.) Tlu-ee 

 males, two females. 



DICHROPLUS BRASILIENSIS Bruner. 



Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. November. (11. H. Smith.) One female. 

 Genus LEIOTETTIX Bruner. 



LEIOTETTIX VIRIDIS Bruner. 



Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil. (H. H. Smith.) One female. 

 This specimen is not separable from topotypic females from 

 Sapuca}^, Paraguay. 



Genus PARASCOPAS Bruner. 



PARASCOPAS OBESUS (Giglio-Tos.). 



Corumba, Matto Grosso, Brazil. March; higliland (2). (H. H. 

 Smith.) One male, two females. 



One of the female specimens is slightly smaller than the other, 

 which latter represents the normal size when compared with females 

 from Sapucay, Paraguay. The two specimens measure as follows: 



Length of body 



Length of proiiotum 



Greatest caudal width of disk of pronotum ... 



Length of tegmen 



Length of oaiidal feimir 



a Abdomen unnaturally distended. 



The range of this species is now known to extend from Corumba 

 to Asuncion and Sapucay, Paraguay. 



PARASCOPAS CHAPADENSIS, new species. 



Types. — Male and female. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil. April. 

 (H. H. Smith.) Cat. No. 12097, U.S.N.M. 



Closely allied to P. ohesus, but differing in the sigmoid cerci, the 

 more prominent furcula and more elongate supra-anal plate of the 

 male, the slightly broader tegmina, and the absence of sanguineous 

 from the ventral aspect of the caudal femora. 



