660 I'ROCEEDIXGS OF THE NATIONAL MUISEUM. vol. xxx. 



ment of male abdomen long and narrow, slightly curved upward, the 

 apical third with the sides nearly parallel, the point blunt, entire; 

 supraanal plate broad on basal half, suddenl\- contracted on the apical 

 half, and produced into a rather narrow triangle, the apex of which is 

 acute; ))asal portion bordei'ed with a rather high wall and with two 

 median longitudinal carinie; marginal apophyses, longitudinal carina^ 

 and base of lateral border black. Cerci rather robust, of the usual 

 form in this group, unicolorous-pale. Valves of the ovipositor strongly 

 and quite evenly toothed, the serrations deep piceous. 



Length of body, male, 32; female, 40; of pronotum, male, 5.15; 

 female, 6.5; of tegmina, male, 29; female, 36; of hind femora, male, 

 15.5; female, 18 mm. 



TyiJe.—Q,2X. No. 9736, U.S.N.M. 



Hahitai. — San Bernardino and Asuncion, Paraguay, in September 

 several specimens of both sexes (L. Bruner); 1 female, Sapucay, Par- 

 aguay (W. T. Foster), in February; Victoria, Brazil, in May (L. Bruner), 

 1 female. 



As indicated above, this insect bears some resemblance to Opsowala 

 vlridis Serville,'* but differs from it in lacking the pale lines on sides 

 of bod}' as well as in the aV)sence of the blood-red markings on the 

 abdomen and the pale band on the hind tibiae. 



OXYBLEPTELLA Giglio-Tos. 



OXYBLEPTELLA SAGITTA Giglio-Tos. 



Oxybkptella sagitta Giolio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Torino, IX, 1894, No. 184, 

 p. 33, fig. 7. 



ILah'dat. — Villa Kica, Paraguay* (Giglio-Tos). Not contained in the 

 material before me, but represented b}^ several specimens received 

 from Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



INUSIA Giglio-Tos. 

 INUSIA PALLIDA, new species. 



Femdle. — A pale green insect with the yellowish loAver half of sides 

 of pronotum, cheeks, and pleura separated from the dorsal region b}' 

 a ^narrow, obscure piceous band. Head, pronotum, and sides of meso- 

 and motathoi'ax profusely but not deeply punctate. 



Head small, a little narrower than the front edge of the pronotum; 

 the eyes of medium size, not at all prominent, separated above by a 

 space a little broader than the widest pai't of the frontal costa; fas- 

 tigium horizontal, triangular, about three-fourths as long as one of the 

 eyes, the extreme apex bluntl}- rounded; frontal costa a little promi- 

 nent, slightly widest between the antennse, sulcate throughout and 



"Kev. Met. Ins., Ortliojit., p. 77. 



