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costa prominent between the antennae, narrow above, evenl}^ broadening 

 below and continuous to the clypeus, profoundly sulcate throughout; 

 lateral foveolse large, subquadrate in the male, or acutel}' triangular 

 in the female. Pronotum short, broad, rather strongly- constricted in 

 the middle; lateral carinse obliterated between the middle and anterior 

 sulci; strong elsewhere, the anterior section arcuate and greatly 

 oblique or divergent, the part between the middle and posterior sulci 

 .short and lunate, broadly separated from that on the posterior lobe, 

 the latter also a little arcuate and oblique — in each case the apices of 

 these sections are directed inward; anterior edge truncate, the poste- 

 rior broadly angulate; sides higher than long, their lower edge strongly 

 sinuate. Tegmina moderately wide, longer than the abdomen and 

 hind femora in both sexes, their apices broadl}^ rounded. Hind 

 femora robust on basal two-thirds, about normal on the outer third, a 

 little surpassing (male) or not quite reaching (female) the tip of the 

 abdomen. Antennae rather heavy, filiform, a litttle longer than the 

 head and pronotum taken together. 



General color brownish, testaceous, very heavily and profusely 

 marked with black. Head back of eyes, a considerable portion of the 

 occiput, sides of pronotum, pleura, hind femora, and tegmina black — 

 these markings much more decided and extensive in the male than in 

 the female. On the disk of the pronotum inside the lateral carina^ a 

 decussate pale marking, the sides of pronotum, head, and pleura also 

 provided with several paler markings. Hind femora, as well as those 

 of anterior and middle pairs, likewise alternately pale and dark banded. 

 The tibia? and tarsi annulated with dull black. Tegmina variegated 

 with paler discal and dorsal spots. The abdomen testaceous conspersed 

 with black or dark brown. Wings strongly fuliginous. Antenna^ 

 ferruginous at base, but becoming much darker, almost black, 

 apical ly. 



Length of bod}', male, 16; female, 21; of antenna', male and female, 

 6.75; of pronotum, male, 3; female, 3.2; of tegmina, male, 14; female, 

 17.5; of hind femora, male, 9; female, 10 mm. 



TT/pe.—Cat. No. 9729, U.S.N.M. 



Ilahitat. — Sapucay, Paragua}-, 1 male and 2 females, taken during 

 the months of January and February (W. T. Foster, collector). 



ORPHULELLA PUNCTATA (DeGeer). 



Acridium punctattim 'Dts.Gkts.v., Mem. Ins., Ill, 1773, p. 503, pi. xlii, fig. 12. 

 Tntxalis {Orphula) putidaiaSTAh, Recent. Orthoj)t., I, 1873, p. 106. 

 Orphulella punctata Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Torino, IX, 1894, No. 184, 

 p. 12. 



Habitat. — Sapucay, Paragua}-, numerous specimens (W. T. Foster); 

 various localities in Paragua}' (Giglio-Tos). It is also found through- 

 out Biazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, some of the West Indies, and Cen- 

 tral America. 



