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speckles which is described as Allotetlie proloiifjalm he ideiititied 

 as the same as his penivianuH. The hitter is (jiiite unlikely, as 

 a careful comparison Avill show. 

 Al'otettix, gen. nov. 



Body ru«'Ose, tuberculate, face oblique, as seen in fi*out. narrow. 

 Vertex narrower than an eye, middle carinate,snlcateon either side, 

 tlic crown very short, the vertex on a higher plane than the occiput, 

 which slopes backwards, and in frout not advanced to the anterior 

 border of the eyes ; in protile not visible. Anteriorly subtruncate, 

 passing laterally into little short con vextd tlexurcs. Eyes promi- 

 nent. Frontal costa narrowly divided. Antennae inserted a little 

 below the anterior inferior border: filliform rather short, consist- 

 ing of fourteen articles, the superior ocelli scarcely perceptible in 

 l)rolile at the middle of the anterior boi-der of the eyes. Pronotuni 

 depressed, truncated in front, strongly prolongated posteriorly, 

 ending in a sharp apical process, median carina scarcely elevated, 

 humeral angles obtuse, posterior median lobule of lateral lobes 

 feebly]developed,the subhumeral sinus shallow, the posterior angle 

 directed obliquely downward and backwards. Elytra elongate 

 Tlie tirst and third articles of the posterior tarsus about equal in 

 length . 

 AlloteUix prolongatus, $p. nu\ . 



liody strong!}' prolongate, rugose tuberculate, fuscus. narrow, 

 above depressed, tibia> annulated with flavus. Vertex a little nar- 

 rower than an eye, subnarrowed in front, feebly carinated in the 

 tniddle, on either side sulcate, anteriorly subtruncate, passing lat- 

 erally into little convexed flexures, ending abruptly neiir the ante- 

 rior inner border of the eye; not advanced as far as the anterior 

 border of the eye, in protile not visible, being obscui*ed by the 

 l)rominent eyes ; frontal costa depressed between the eyes, a little 

 protuberant opposite the antennae, about on a line with their ante- 

 rior border, the forks as seen in front gradually but narrowly sepa. 

 rated, diverging to the middle ocellus. Prouotum anteriorly trun- 

 cate, posteriorly strongly prolongate, subulate and acuminate, fre- 

 queutly extending within one millimeter of twice the length of the 

 posterior femora,'mediau carina scarcely elevated, sinuate more or less 

 tuberculate in its backward course, dorsum between the shoulders a 

 little unevenly swollen, rugose papillate, just behind strongly de- 

 l)ressed. dorsal surface of the apical process rugose, uneven and cov- 

 ered with numerous longitudinal tubercuhe, lateral angles obtuse, 

 posterior angle of the lateral lobe obtuse, rounded. Elytra elongate, 

 impresso- punctate, with the apex subacutely rounded : wingsabout 

 as long as the process or scarcely longer. Femora> uinnoditied. slen- 

 der, the posterior femora narrow, the c^irime of tibia with rather 

 small and scarcely more than tiA^e or six spines, on the inner carina* 

 as few as three or four bcvond the middle: the tirst article of the 



