668 PROCEEDINGS OE THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



gin of the eyes to the base of el3^tra black. The hind tibite are green- 

 ish basall}' and purplish apically; the spines pale, black-tipped. 



Head as wide as the front edge of the pronotiini, smooth above and 

 at the sides. Vertex between the eyes about as broad as the longest 

 diameter of one of the latter, evenly rounded, not sulcate in the least, 

 separated from the face 1)}' low, blunt carina? which meet at the middh^ 

 in a ver}' obtuse angle. Frontal costa evenh' widening downward, 

 flat, gentl}' punctate, its lateral carinas well defined, straight, and con- 

 tinuous to the clj^peus; facial carina less conspicuous, but plain, a 

 little curved at the base of antenna?. Fronotuui subcAdindrical, its 

 surface rugoselj^ punctate, the median carina prominent, cut back of 

 middle by last transverse sulcus; lateral carina? obliterated; lower 

 lateral margins heavily bordered, gently undulate; front border a little 

 advanced on occiput, hind edge obtuse-angled. Tegmina a little less 

 than half as long as the abdomen, o})long ovate, the apex drawn out 

 and pointed, the dorsal edges just touching. Abdomen rather strongly 

 carinate above; valves of ovipositor short, strong, the apices abruptly 

 bent. Hind femora 'slender, not reaching the tip of abdomen. 



Length of body, female, 54, of pronotum, 12.75, of tegmina, 16, of 

 hind femora, 23.5 mm. 



Ti/j?<'.— Cat. No. 9721, U.S.N.M. 



Jhih'dat. — Sapucay, Paraguay, a single female specimen (Coll. L. 

 Bruner); H males and 3 females^ (Coll. IT. S. Nat. Mus.). 



ALEUAS GRACILIS Stal. 



Al/'iKis t/ntcill.s Stal, Syst. Aci'id., 1878, p. 70. ' 



JItihltat. — Four male specimens that were collected at Sapuca}' by 

 W. T. Foster are at hand. Kelui also reports it from Paraguay. 



ALEUAS LINEATUS Stal. 



Plate XXXVIII, fig. 10. 



Aleitdn liiifdtu!^ Stal, Syst. Acrid., 1878, p. 70. 



llahitat. — This is the most abundant and, at the same time, most 

 widel}^ distributed species of the genus. Specimens are at hand from 

 ArgtMitina, Paraguav, and Truguay. Those from Paraguay come 

 from Sapucay. 



PARALEUAS Giglio-Tos. 



Tile representatives of tliis genus ar(» of small or medium size and, 

 judging from the material before me, are fairly numerous. Like the 

 species of Jodacrix and Ontalotetti.v they occur among the dead leaves 

 and heritage growing beneath the larger shrubs and trees composing 

 the forests and jungles which prevail over mucdi of Paraguay and Brazil. 

 The three forms at hand and Pardlewis hohlsii Giglio-Tos may )>e sepa- 

 rated by the subjoined table. 



