652 PROCEEDINGS OF THE XATIOXAL .}fVSEr\)r. 



Chroman^is nuptlalis (Cxerstaecker) should also occur within tlie 

 borders of Paraguay as it is foinid in adjoining poitious of Argentina, 

 Rolivia. and Brazil. 



ZONIOPODA Stal. 



TABLK FOR DKTKRMINATION OF SPECIES. 



a. lioily and tcgiiiina mostly iirev'u or •rreenish. Wings generally Civrulean. 



h. Pronotnni nniailorous, in no wise striped or banded with yellow or testaceous. 

 c. Larger (male, 40, female, 5'imm.). Hind femora provided with a transverse 



preapieal black band on each side 4. jitncontni Berg 



<r. Smaller (male, 30, female, oOmni.). Iliutl femora entirely green 



3. iheringi Pictet and Sanssnre 

 bb. Pronotnni more or less longitudinally strijied with yellow or testaceous, 

 c. All the legs fasciate with red, yellow, and black. Head largely red 



1. t(irmta Serville 

 cc. T^^gs not fasciate with varied colors. Head without the red 



2. s/m/fe, new species 

 (/((. Body, as well as legs, varied with fnscqns or black; the tegmina variable. 



b. Tegmina dark olive to black, the longitudinal veins yellow or testaceous. 

 Wings cieruleau. 

 c. Pronotum longitudinally lilack and yellow striped. 



d. Head largely blood-red 8. omnicolor Blanchard 



dd. Head m )t vai'ied with red 7. ciuaryuKita Stal 



cc. Pronotum not longitudinally striped with black and yellow. 



d. Pronotum glossy black bordered broadly behind and narrowly in front with 

 pale testaceous or dirty white. Body and liml)s largely black 



6. e.cilipes, new species 



(/(/. Pronotum chictiy yellow or testaceous, with a median and a subfrontal 



l»lack band. Body and limbs largely i»ale. Knees, coxie and head red 



5. JisKicauda, new species 

 bb. Tegmina blackish-fuscous tessellate with yellow. Wings red.. 9. jiicta Bolivar 



ZONIOPODA TARSATA (Serville). 



Plate XXXVII, tig. 2. 



AcriJiniu tar.^atiDn Sekville, An. Sc. >>at., XX, ISol, p. 283. 

 Zoniopoda tcu'sata StAl, Recens. Orthopt., I, 1873, p. 51. 



Acridhun criientatum Bl.\nch.\rd, in D'Orbigny, Voy. I'Amer. Merid., VT, 

 1837-1843, Pt. 2, Ins., p. (216), pi. xxvii, tig. Ti. 



Jlabltat. — Several specimens of both sexes, taken by ^^ . T. Foster, 

 at Sa])ucay. are l)efore me. It is also reported by (Jiolio-Tos as com- 

 ing from Paraguay. It is exceedingly conunon in Argentina, Brazil, 

 Bolivia, and Uraguay as well, Avliere it is the most prevalent species 

 of the genus. 



This in.sect frequents low, wet places, and is most freipiently met 

 with on aquatic plants. 



ZONIOPODA SIMILIS, new species. 



A slender green species, with rough pronotum and low, pale median 

 carinti that recalls Z. tarsata^ minus the banded legs and 1)right red 

 markino's of head. 



