236 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 



3. HYPEROPHORA BRASILIENSIS Brunner. 



Three males, three feiiuiles, Januar}^ to March. 

 The ovipositors of these females are longer than d&scribed by Brun- 

 ner, one being 12 nmi. long and nearly straight. 



4. HYPEROPHORA MINOR Brunner. 



Eleven males, .six females. January, February, March, May, Octo- 

 ber, and November. 



The females have the following measurements: 



Length, pronotum, 3,75 ram.: elytra, 25-27 mm.; hind femora, 21- 

 22 mm.: ovipositor, 7-8 nun, 



5. HYPEROPHORA PERUVIANA Brunner. 



Three males, live females, and one female nymph. August to 

 March. 



The females have the following measurements: 



Length, pronotum, 4-4.5 mm.: elytra, 29-31 mm.: posterior 

 femora, 23-25 mm. : ovipositor, 5 mm. 



6. AMAURA OLIVACEA Brunner. 



Three females. February and March. 



The anterior tibia really has a terminal spine and .sometimes also a 

 basal one, but thev are .seemingly very readily l)roken off, being 

 ab.sent in most specimens. The posterior femora of these specimens 

 measure IS mm. in length and the elytra 23-25 mm. b}- 3-4 mm. broad 

 at the middle. 



7. HOMATOICHA FUSCOPUNCTATA, new species. 



Seemingly allied to ('<'/•(//'(/ j)i/Ncfaf a but can not be placed in Ceraia 

 because of the armature of the po.sterior femora, as described below. 



Color, gieen with the elytra marked along the median area with a 

 row of seven or eight small fuscous spots. Lateral lobes of the pro- 

 notun) higher than long, the posterio-ventral margin nearly straight. 

 Posterior femora long and nearh^ unarmed beneath, the single speci- 

 men before me having a single spine on the inner carina just l)efore 

 the middle on the right leg, while the left femora is wholly unarmed. 

 Ovipositor strongly curved upwards, apically rounded and finely, ser- 

 rate, the serrations extending back well toward the base aV)ove. 



Length, pronotum, 5.5 mm.: elytra, 31 nun.; posterior femora, 26 

 mm. ; ovipositor, 5 mm. 



Tifpf. — A single female, without date, in the collection of Profes.sor 

 liruner. 



