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Genus 104. DIPLOPHYLLUS. 

 Phylloptera (Diplophyllus), Sauss. Rev. Zool. 1859, 202. 



1. DIPLOPHYLLUS MYRTIFOLIA. 



Locusta myrti folia, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 696. Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 34. 

 Deg. Ins. iii. pi. 38, f. 4. Drury.Ins. iii. 447, pi. 38, f. 4 Phylloptera 

 myrtifolia, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 693. 



Brazil. 



2. DIPLOPHYLLUS PISIFOLIA. 



Phylloptera pisifolia, Sauss. Rev. Zool. 1859, 202. 



Mexico. 



3. DIPLOPHYLLUS ANGUSTIFOLIA. 



Phylloptera angustifolia, Sauss. Rev. Zool. 1859, 202. 



Bahia. 



4. DIPLOPHYLLUS ENSIFOLIA. 



Phylloptera ensifolia, Sauss. Rev. Zool. 1859, 202. 



Bahia. 



5. DIPLOPHYLLUS ERINIFOLIA. 



Phylloptera erinifolia, Sams. Rev. Zool. 1859, 202. 



Bahia. 



6. DIPLOPHYLLUS DERODIFOLIA. 



Phylloptera derodifolia, Sauss. Rev. Zool. 1859, 203. 



Bahia. 



Group n. 



Ftem. Corpus robustum verticis carina lanceolata sulcala,aiitennarum 

 avticulo lo valcle angustior. Prothorax disco piano postice latescente linea 

 longitudinali lineisque tribus transversis impressis, carinis lateralibus bene 

 determinatis, margine postico rotundato. Oviductus brevissimus. Tibiae 

 posticae spinis sat validis. Alae antieae fusiforines, alis posticis longiores, 

 spatio subcostali latissimo. 



Female. Body stout, smooth, shining. Head as broad as the fore 

 border of the prothorax; keel of the vertex between the antennae lanceolate, 

 furrowed, much narrower than the first joint of the antennae ; front with a 

 lanceolate keeled elongation between the antenna;. Eyes round, prominent, 

 Disk of the prothorux flat, widening hindward, ivith one longitudinal and 

 three transverse impressed lines, first and second of the latter angular; 

 lateral keels well defined ; fore border slightly excavated ; sides and hind 

 border rounded. Mesosternum and metasternura rather deeply notched. 

 Oviduct curved, very deep, about one-fourth of the length of the abdomen. 

 Legs hardly stoul; spines of the hind tibiae rather long and stout. Fore 

 wings fusiform, minutely reticulated ; costa most rounded towards the base; 

 interior border most rounded towards the tip ; space between the scapular 

 vein and the costa very broad ; scapular emitting several oblique ramose 

 veins to the cosia. Hind wings shorter by one line and a half than the 

 fore wings. 



