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Show 1892.] THE ORTHOPTERA OF THE ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT. 207 cum basi tibiarum infuscata, ante apicem subtus lobo distincto infuscato instructa. 3 • 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. Haec species maxime affinis Parastagmatopterce flavoguttatce (Serv. Hist. Nat. d. Ins. Orth. p. 183, et Saussure, Mem. Mex. iv. p. 84), quae occurrit in Brasilia, Republica Argentina (Sauss.) et Venezuela (Serv.). Diff'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. CURVIPES, Redt. (n. sp.). (Plate XV. fig. 9.) Fusco-griseus vel griseo-cinereus. Antennce longce, interdum et remote fusco-annidatee. Articulus primus antennarum haud ampliatus, marginibus pardllelis, oculis sesquilongior. Dorsum capitis bicornutum, cornu apice compresso, incequaliter bidentato. Corpus totum albido-granidosum, granulis, prcesertim in 3, minutis. Elytra alceque nulla. Segmentum medianum ^ meta-noto longius. Mesonotum leviter carinatum. Abdominis seg-menta 3 et 4 postice in medio tuberculo clepresso, in 3 obsoleto, instructa. Segmentum dorsale 6 in utroque sexu ducibus sequentibus, simul sumptis, longius. Segmentum ultimum 3 gracile. Femora 4 postica cum tibiis distincte curvata, dilute et late fusco-fasciata. Femora et tibice carinis omnibus subtiliter et confertvn spinulosis. Femora 4 postica subtus basin in 3 vcdde lobiformiter, in 2 midto minus laminato-dila-tata. Metatarsus superne compressus, haud lobatus, artimlis reliquis simul sumptis subcequalis. Cerci 3 breves, acuminati, teretes. 3 2 • 8 $ Long, corp 83-84 millim. 160 millim. „ pronot 3*4 „ 5-8 „ „ mesonot 18 ,, 34 „ „ metanot 5'7 „ 10 „ „ seg. med 7'3 „ 14-0 „ fern, ant 227 „ 39 „ fem. post 21-5 „ 36-3 „ Patria : St. Vincent, windward side, leeward side prope Cumberland (500').-Specimina nonnulla, collecta in silvis aridis mense Septembri. , Haec species valde similis est Bacterice bicorm, Stoll (fcpectr. etc. 10 |