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II. Sixtli mitennal joint as long, or very nearly as long, as the first. 



legs luteo-testaceoiis ; forceps of male more than 

 half as long as the abdomeUj geutly arcuate, the in- 

 ner edge slightly augnlated at end of basal third, 

 the whole tuberculate, with a pre-apical slightly infe- 

 rior tooth. Body 11-15™'" ; forceps, S 4.5-5.5""", $ 

 3-3.5""". Cuba, Arizona, Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, 

 Panama (Brazil). 



7. tolfeca Scudd. Head rufous ; palpi and base of anten- 



nae as well as prothorax luteous, rest of antennae 

 light brown, the tenth joint pale; tegmina dark 

 brown, twice as long as prouotum ; wings and legs 

 luteous ; abdomen dark castaneons ; whole body 

 sparsely pilose ; forceps of female more than half as 

 long as abdomen, simple. Body 8""'" ; forceps 2.4""'. 

 Mexico. 



8. exilis Scudd. Mahogany brown, the pronotum rufo- 



iuteous ; palpi brownish-luteous ; antennae reddish- 

 brown ; tegmina nearly twice as long as pronotum, 

 and with the wings and legs luteous; forceps of 

 male very slender, more than half as long as the 

 abdomen, geutly arcuate, slightly expanded interi- 

 orly at the base, the basal half of inner edge dentic- 

 ulato-tuberculate, the middle of apical half with a 

 slight tooth. Body 10.5"""; forceps 3.75"". Texas. 



t9. calif ornica Dohrn. Castaneo- fuscous; pronotum 

 rather narrower than the head, longer than broad, 

 the sides testaceous ; tegmina twice as long as pro- 

 notum and like the wings testaceous, the suture 

 broadly fuscous ; legs testaceous ; forceps of male 

 less than half as long as the body, rather broad at 

 the base, gently arcuate, the inner margin sharply 

 and profusely denticulate, smooth beyond the mid- 

 dle. Body 10"" ; forceps 3"". California, 

 t ] 0. j^9MZc/ie^/« Serv. Head blackish; antennaell-jointed(?), 

 brownish, x)aler at the base ; pronotum brown, 

 the sides and posterior margin paler; tegmina brown; 

 wings yellow, edged with brown ; abdomen reddish- 

 brown ; forceps of male arcuate in the middle, 

 pointed, with an inner tooth near the base. Body 8 ; 

 forceps, S 5"", ? 2.5"". Ilfiagara, N. Y. 



11. aculeata Scudd. Dark castaneous; palpi luteous; 

 antennte 12jointed, dark brown; pronotum longer 

 than broad, narrower than the head, the sides pale 

 luteous; tegmina nearly twice as long as the pro- 

 notum, luteous, broadly margined with fuscous in- 

 teriorly; legs luteous; forceps of male three-fourths 

 as long as the abdomen, slender, arcuate, bent down- 

 ward a little beyond the base, and again horizontal 

 a little before the tip, with a slight pointed tooth at 

 end of descending portion ; pygidium aculeate. Body 

 11°^™; forceps, i S"""^, 5 3.5"^"^." ISTew York, Northern 

 Illinois, Southern Michigan. 



tl2. rificeps Barm.. Black, the head and antenure reddish- 

 brown; prothorax as broad as the head ; tegmina 

 somewhat longer than the pronotum ; femora black, 



