616 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 



PARATETTIX CNEMIDOTUS (Burmeister). 



Tetrif cnemidota Burmeister, Handb. Ent., II, 1838, p. 659. 

 Pnrdtettix cnemidotus Bolivar, Eesai Tettigidse, 1887, p. 100. 



llahltat. — This Brazilian insect, so thinks Giglio-Tos, has been taken 

 in the Province of Jujuy, Argentina. It no doubt occurs as well in 

 Paraguay, since most of the representatives of this subfamily enjoy 

 a rather wide distribution. 



PARATETTIX CAUDATUS (Saussure). 



One female lHl)eled simply "Paraguay," January 25, 1901, and two 

 females and a male, from Sapucay, Paraguay. W. T. Foster, collector. 



TETTIGIDEA Seudder. 



TETTIGIDEA MULTICOSTATA Bolivar. 



TeftUjidea multicosiuta Boliv.\k, Essai Tettigidjf, 1887, j). 125. 



llahltat. --This species is represented by specimens coming from 

 Sapucay, where they were taken b}- \V. T. Foster. It is also known 

 to occur quite commonly throughout northern Argentina and southern 

 Brazil (Bolivar, (Tiglio-Tos). 



TETTIGIDEA GRACILIS Bruner. 



Tettigidea gracilis BRVtiKn, Locusts of Argentina, 1900, p. 17. 



Habitat. — A single specimen, the type, of this insect is at hand. It 

 was taken on the steamer n(>ar the borders of Paraguay by the writer. 

 It is evidently a native of that country as well. 



BATRACHIDEA Serville. 

 BATRACHIDEA FI AVONOTATA Bolivar. 



Butruchidcaflaronotata Bolivar, Essai Tettigidjs, 1887, p. 126. 

 Ilahitat, — Asuncion, Paraguay. Possibly the same as the following 

 species, described by Hancock: 



BATRACHIDEA NOTATA, new species (Hancock). 



Charactt-rx. — Male, body granulose, ferrugineo-fuscous, lateral lolies 

 and lower portion of face similarly colored, legs pale. Vert-^x etjual 

 to one of. the eyes in breadth, distinctly flattened and nearly on a level 

 with the eyes, narrowed forward, the front margin truncate, on either 

 side with miiuite abhivviated, rounded carina', mid-carina vestigial and 

 minutely elevated anteriorly. Eyes subglobose. Frontal costa nar- 

 rowly compressed, facial contour depresso-convexed, very little pro- 

 duced, not at all sinuate. Pronotum anteriorly strongly spiniform 

 produced, posteriorly the apical process abbreviated acute, notextended 



