1892.] THE ORTHOPTERA OF THE ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT. 207 



cum basi tibiarum infuscata, ante apicem subtus lobo distincto 

 infuscato instructa. c? • 



Long, corpor 38 millim. 



„ pronot 14*3 „ 



„ elytror 29-8 „ 



,, fern, ant 10"5 „ 



„ fern, post 10*5 „ 



Patria : St. Vincent, south end. — Specimen unicum, collectum 

 in fruticibus mense Septembri. 



Hsec species maxime affinis Parastaffmatopferce flavoguttatce 

 (Serv. Hist. Nat. d. Ins. Orth. p. 183, et Saussure, Mem. Mes. iv. 

 p. 84), quae occurrit in Brasilia, Republica Argentina (Sauss.) et 

 Venezuela (Serv.). Ditf'ert : prothorace supra coxas valde ampliato, 

 femoribus 4 posticis ad apices infuscatis, singulo subtus lobo dis- 

 tincto instructo. 



3. Familia Phasmodea. 

 Genus Phanocles, Stal. 

 1. P. curvifes, Redt. (n. sp.). (Plate XV. fig. 9.) 

 Ftisco-ffriseus vel griseo-cinereus. Antennce lonc/ce, interdum dilute 

 et remote fasco-annulatce. Articulus prhaus antennarum haud 

 ampliatus, marginihus parcdlelis, oculis sesquilomjior. Dorsutn 

 capitis bicomiitum, cornii apice compresso, incequaliter bidentato. 

 Corpus totum albido-granulosum, granuJis, prasertlm in S , 

 minut'is. Elytra alceque nulla. Segmentum medianum meta- 

 noto lo'iigius. Mesonotum leviter carinatum. Abdominis seg- 

 ineata 3 et 4: postice in medio tubercido depresso, in cJ obsoleto, 

 instructa. tegmentum dorsals 6 in utroque sexu duobus 

 sequentibus, simul sumptis, longius. Segmentmn idtunum (S 

 grucile. Femora 4 postica cum tibiis distincte eurvata, scepe 

 dilute et late fu^co-fasciata. Femora et tibice carinis omnibus 

 subtiliter et confertim spinulosis. Femora 4 postica subtus prope 

 basin in c? valde lobiformiter, in $ 7nulto minus laminato-dila- 

 tata. Metatarsus superne compressus, haud lobatus, articidis 

 reliquis simul sumptis subcequalis. Cerci cJ breves, acuminati, 

 teretes. cJ $ . 



Long, corp 83-84 millim. 160 millim. 



„ pronot 3-4 „ 5-8 „ 



„ mesonot IS „ 34 „ 



„ metanot 5*7 „ 10 „ 



„ seg. med 7'3 „ 14*0 ,, 



„ fem. ant 227 „ 39 



„ fem. post 21*5 „ 36*3 



Patria : St. Vincent, windward side, leeward side prope Cumber- 

 land (500'). — Specimina nonnulla, collecta in silvis aridis mense 

 Septembri. 



Haec species valde similis est Bacteriae hicorni, Stoll (Spectr. etc. 



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