THE SECTION SALTATORIA, 
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The species of the genus Proscopia are arranged by Dr. 
Burmeister"^ in the following manner ;— 
I. Those ■with the eyes placed near the middle of the sides of the head, the front part of 
which is obtuse, with the sides parallel, or diverging and quadrangular. 
A. Those with the front part of the head dilated at the end. 1. Pr. spinosa^ Kl.; and 
2. Pr. grannlata^YiX, 
B. Those with the front of the head of equal breadth throughout. 
a. The extremity being as broad as the space between the eyes. 
a. Prothorax granulose. 3. Pr. radula^ Kl. 4. Pr. hospida^ Kl. 
/3 ProUiorax mth impressed punctures. 5. Pr, punctata, Kl. 6. Pr, 
brevicomU, Kl. 
h. Extremity of the head evidently narrower than the space between the eyes. 
7. Pr. scahra, Kl., and Pr. gigantea, Kl. 
II. Those with the eyes placed near the tip of the head, which is acuminated. 
A. Extremity of the head as long as, or longer than, half the antennae. 9. Pr. striata, 
Kl. 10. Pr. acuminata, ^\. 11. Pr. ruficornis, K\. 12. Pr. rostrata, K\. 
B. Extremity of the head very small, much shorter than the half of the antennse. 13. 
Pr. brevirostris, Kl. 14. Pr. Ophiop^s, Kl. 15. Pr. ocuiata, Kl. 
M. Serville-|- divides the genus in the following manner:— 
1. Head elevated into a kind of vertical pyramid, &c. (Proscopia proper.) 
A. Eyes of moderate size, oblong. Pr. scabra, Kl., and Pr. granulata, Kl. 
B. Eyes large, and nearly rounded. Pr. rostrata, Kl. 
2, Head not elevated into a vertical pyramid, but horizontally prolonged in front in the 
same line as the body, &c. (Cephaloccka.) Pr. {Ceph.') Sica, Serv. n. sp. from the 
southern part of Carapos-Geraes, in Brazil; described from the Collection of the Jardin des 
Plantes, where I examined and sketched tlio typical specimen described by M. Scrville, and 
find it to bo very closely allied to the insect next to be described. 
PROSCOPIA (CEPHALOCCEJIA) SUBAPTERA, Westw. (Plate 63, fig. 2.) 
(Long. lin. 7.) 
P, fusco-brunnea, capite horizontal! sensim ad apicem attenuate, antennis vix dimidio rostri 
longioribus, thorace et abdomine longitudinalitcr striatis, prothorace, antice et postice bi- 
spinosis; mesotboraco spinls duabiis paullo majoribus armato tegminibusque duobus 
liberis minutis iostructo, alis duabus minimis liberis nigro-metallicis nitidis sub tegmina 
rccoudiiis, abdomine supra depresso, $ Long. corp. unc. 3j. 
Habitat, in Brasilia. Mas. nostr. 
Obs. —Individium altcrum $ possideo 2^^ Ho. longitudinc, statura paullo angustiori rostro 
loDgiori (pro magnitudine insect!) colorcque cineroo : spinls thoracis ut et tegminibus et 
alis cum precedouti vero congruous, vix species distincta. 
Tho insect represented in figure 4 in this plate is one of the 
most interesting Orthopterous insects hitherto discovered; and it is 
greatly to be regretted that the very mutilated state of the unique 
female specimen in the British Museum Collection prevents me from 
being able to give its whole character. Indeed, it is not suqirising 
that from this circumstance it should have been arranged amongst 
the Phasraidge in that collection, since its general appearance cer¬ 
tainly bears a much closer resemblance to some of the wingless 
Phasmidae than to one of the saltatorial Orthoptera. A slight 
examination, however, convinced me that, from the structure of the 
tarsi, and the relative size of the thoracic segments, the insect 
* Hamlb. d, Eut. 2, p. 603. 
t Hist. Nut. Ins. Orth. p. 574. 
