18 VIKK F.EDISiiS OF IIIK S'ATIOSAL Ml SKIM. vouxx. 



TlinM' iiitilcs, 14 femalen. Moiitolove/, (ninmnhiui, Mexico, fleptrmboi 

 20, K. PalnuT. | J'.S.N.M. No. 7(H», tiMiuiIe.j 



a. NETROSOMA NIGROPLEURA. new species. 



(IMat.- II, \\\i. W). 

 I'tzoUttix niijropliurn \\\iVSVM\,^\t<. 



Hoily liiteo testaceous, heavily iiuirked with hla(;k. Head uiiirorni 

 hiteo testaceous, MHiietiriies feebly iiiliiscated, witii a hrojul hlacU band 

 behind the eyes, and the hiterai faces of the frontal costa above the 

 antt'unae marked witii blacik; antennae blackish fuscous. Prouotuni 

 an<l body behin<l it with a bro;id ecpial mesial band ',:'luteo-te8taceous, 

 86; "'^tinff two very broad bhick bands precisely as in .V. /uMiJormiH, 

 only the lower third of the lateral lobes, the mesothoracic episterna and 

 the lower hah* of the metathoracic episterna luteous. Meso- and meta- 

 nota with scarcely perceptible very sparse punctucation; posterior mar- 

 gin of the pronotum feebly emari^inate, inclndinjj the whole dorsal 

 breadth ; interspace between mesosternal lobes of male a little broader 

 than the lobes themselves. Tegmina wholly wanting in the male 

 (female unknown). Hind femora luteo-testaceous with very feeble 

 cloudy sijjna of bifasciate markings similar to those of N. fwii/oymis; 

 hind tibiae dull luteous at base passing on apical half into coral red, 

 th'i spines pallid with black tips. Supraanal plate of male triangular 

 with straight sides, the extremity abruj)tly truncate and with a small 

 mesial triangular appendix, the basal half with a raised rounded longi- 

 tudinal ridge, having a tolerably deep mesial furrow (m its summit; 

 furcula wholly wanting; cerci moderately broad, lamellate, tapering 

 gently and straight on basal third or more, beyond arcuate subfalcate 

 and gently incurved, terminating in an acute but rounded angle below, 



Length of body, male, 13 mm.; antennae, SJ* ram.; hind femora, 

 8.2.") mm. 



Two males. Lerdo, Dnrango, Mexico (L. Bruner). 



Besides the dit!erences from X./Hsi/ormis mentioned in the table, the 

 present species has relatively longer antennae. 



3. PARADICHROPLUS. 

 (;rtr/3<i, beside; Dichroplns, a genus of Melanopli.) 



rezotetfix (Div. II) StAl, Bih. K. Sv. V^et. Aka«l.-Han(ll., V. No. 9 (1878), pp. 4,8. 

 Paradichroplus Brt-xner, Rov. Syst. Orth. (18!»,S), ji. 145. 



Body rather elongate, compressed, sparsely pilose. Head not promi 

 nent, nor broader than the thorax, the vertex gently convex, scarcely 

 or not elevated above the level of the x^ronotum, the fastigium rounded, 

 descending moderately, the face retreating considerably, especially 

 below; interspace between the eyes not very narrow even in the male, 

 as broad as the broadest i)art of the frontal costa, which is at the ocellus, 

 the costa narrowing considerably above, slightly sulcato b^^low^ an<l 

 failing to reach the clypeus; antennae short and stout, scarcely if at 



