NO. 1461. LIST OF PARAGUA YAN LOCUSTS— B RUN EIL 653 



Head moderately large, .slightly wider than the front edge of the pro- 

 notum; the eyes raoderately prominent and separated by a spa(;e about 

 equal to their longest diameter; fastigium short, broadly triangular, 

 and separated from the vertex b\' a deep transverse furrow; frontal 

 costa with its sides nearly parallel, deeply sulcate, and continuous to 

 clypeus; face coarsely punctate. Pronotum slender, subcylindrical, as 

 })road in front as behind, a little contracted in the middle, both later- 

 ally and from above, giving the insect a strangulated appearance; the 

 two lobes about ecpial in length, the transverse sulci rather distinct 

 but not profound; posterior edge obtusangulate, the front edge a little 

 rounded. Tegmina a trifle narrower than in tarmta^ as long (female) 

 or a little surpassing the tip of abdomen (male). Hind femora slen- 

 der, not reaching the apex of the abdomen in either .sex. Last ventral 

 segment of male abdomen moderately long and pointed, the apex 

 deeply fissate, and in this respect approaching^/rW«:'«y</Z(^/. 



General color, pale olive-green, with .some tinge of yellowish on sides 

 and disk of pronotum, and in the male also rose tinted about the coxae 

 and face; wings pale blue. Legs nonfasciate, the hind tibije pale 

 greenish yellow, their apices and the tarsi carmine. Antennas uni- 

 colorous, black or blackish, except ba.sal joint, which is tinged with red. 



Length, male, 31, female, 4.5; of pi-onotum, male, 6, female, 8; of 

 tegmina, male, 26, female, 35; of hind femora, male, 15.5, female, 21. 



Tyy^^.— Cat. No. 9734, U.8.N.M. 



Hahitat. — Sapuca}^, Paraguay, January to March, W. T. P\)ster, 2 

 males, 2 females. 



ZONIOPODA IHERINGI Pictet and Saussure. 



Zonhpoda iheringi Pictet and SAUssuRfE, Cat. Acridien.s, 1887, p. 27. 



Hahitat. — The coUection.s before me contain a numVjer of specimens 

 of both sexes of this Brazilian insect that were collected at Sapucay. 

 It is also reported by liehn as coming from Paraguay. 



The writer is in po.S!3ession of a male specimen of this or a closely 

 allied species which has the radial portion of its wings bright rose 

 color instead of cerulean. 



ZONIOPODA JUNCORUM Berg. 



Zfjniopoda juncoruni Berg, in Pictet and SauHsure, Cat. Acridienp, 1887, p. 26. 

 Hahitat. — While the collections before me do not contain specimens 

 of this beautiful acridian it is reported as coming from a number of 

 localities in Argentina and Bolivia adjoining. Giglio-Tos records it 

 from Paraguay. 



ZONIOPODA FISSICAUDA, new species. 



About the size and form of Z. tarsata^ Serville, but differing from 

 it in having the pronotum shorter and much smoother and the median 

 carina stronger than there. Instead of longitudinal pale .stripes the 



