118 VliOCKKDIXC. S OF TH K XA TIONA L M I SE I M. vol. x x. 



not stout, c'onico-cyliinlrical; meao- and metastetlna togrotlior inncli 

 longer than broa<l in both sexes, the latter narrowing ra}>i(lly lu'liiiid. 

 so that the portion })ehin(l th«' lobes, more than twice as broad as long, 

 is scarcely more than halt as broad .as the metastethium ; interspace 

 between mesosternal lobes much longer than broad in both sexes and 

 much narrower than the lobes themselves, the nietasternal lobes more 

 (male) or less (female) approxinmte, the inters])ace in the female scareely 

 go br'^ad as, in the male much narrower than, the frontal cost.i. Teg 

 mina abbreviate, overla])i)ing, acuminate, lliiul femora very long, the 

 inferior genicular lobe subi)allid, uniform, the hiiul tibiae with eight to 

 twelve spines in the outer series. Sides of the lirst abdominal segment 

 with a distinct tympanum. Subgenital j>late of male with no jipical 

 tubercle, its lateral margins ampliate, basally rectangulate: cerci lamel 

 late, subpyriform, tapering strongly and unequally, the apex produced, 

 subacuminate and incurved. Abdomen of female regularly tai)ering. 

 the ovipositor normally exserted, the valves nearly straight with acute 

 but smooth costae. 



The genus is represented by a single species found in the western 

 IMississippi valley. When published by lirunner, no s]>ecies was de 

 scribed or even named, but the s])ecies here given is the one upon 

 which the genus was founded and is therefore the type. 



PARATYLOTROPIDIA BRUNNERI, new species. 

 (PlatelX, ligs. i, 5.) 



Warm brownish ferruginous, api)r()aching castaneous. inclining to 

 flavous below, marked with i)ale fiavous. Head protuberant, tlavous. 

 faintly and sparsely punctate with fuscous, above with an anteriorly 

 ta])ering. broad, ferrugineo-fu scons or olivaceo fuscous band, the genae 

 behind the eves more or less distinctlv infuscated ; vertex feeblv tumid. 

 Dot elevated above the pronotum, the interspace between the eyes 

 exceptionally broad, being nearly four times as broad as the basal joint 

 of the antennae; fastigium very feebly declivent, i>lane or tumid, 

 sc.ireely exi)anding anteriorly, its lateral margins not in the least ele 

 vated, well rounded, its anterior margin well rounded as seen from 

 above; frontal costa fading just before the clyi)eus, faintly enlarging 

 from above downward, above about (male) or fully (female) half as 

 wide as the interspace ])etween the eyes, feebly sulcate at the ocellus, 

 coarsely and sparsely punctate throughout: eyes not very large nor 

 jirominent, about as long as the intraocular portion of the gena '; anten- 

 nae luteo-testaceous, apically infuscated, in the fenuile about tw<>-thinls 

 as long as the hind femora. Pronotum elongate, compressed, subequal 

 but feebly enlarging backward on the u])per portion of the anterior sec- 

 tion of the jnozoua, bejond it e<pial, the disk very broadly subtectate, 

 passing by abrupt angles, forming distinct and continuous feebly and 

 oppositely arcuate lateral carinae facing inward, into the vertical lateral 

 lobes, which above are very steexdy and convexl}' declivent; whole 



