Annals of the Carnegie Museum V13

ANNALS
OF THE

CARNEGIE MUSEUM
Vol. XIII.

1919-1922

W.

J.

HOLLAND,

Editor

Published by the Authority of the

Board of Trustees of the
Carnegie Institute
March, 1922


PRESS or
THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY
LANCASTER, PA.


TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGES.

Title-page

i-ii

Table of Contents

iii

v

List of Plates

List of Figures in

Text

List of Genera, Species,

Errata

and Varieties

New

to Science

vii-ix

x

Corrigenda

et

Notes

Editorial
I.

vi

1-4

Saltatorial Orthoptera

from South America and the

;

Isle of

By Lawrence Bruner

Pines.

233-239

5-91

IL Orthoptera from Africa, Being a Report on Some Saltatoria Mainly from Cameroon Contained in the Carnegie

By Lawrence Bruner
By W.

Museum.

in. Diplomystus goodi Eastman.

92-142
J.

Holland

143-144

Found in
Compared with those of the Corresponding
Species Found in the Drainage of the Upper Ohio. By
Norman McDowell Grier
145-182

IV. Morphological Features of Certain Mussel-shells

Lake

Erie,

By

V. Some Features of the Geology of Northeastern Brazil.

Gerald E. Waring

183-223

Appendix on Fossil Mammalia Collected by Gerald A. Waring at Pedra Vermelha, Bahia, Brazil. By W. J. Holland

VI.

A

VII.

A

224-232

:

Review of the Fishes of the Family Mugilidje Found

in

Waters of Formosa. By Masamitsu Oshima, Ph.D.
249-259
Review of the Fishes of the Family Centriscidie Found

the

in

.

Waters

the

of

Formosa.

By Masamitsu Oshima,

Ph.D

260-264

Some Species of Chalcidoidea in the Carnegie
Museum. By Hugo Kahl
IX. The Genus Dicysta Champion. By Carl J. Drake

VIII. Notes on

X.

An

269-273

Annotated List of Fossil Plants of the Dakota Forma-

tion (Cretaceous) in the Collections of the Carnegie

seum, including Descriptions of Three
E.

265-268

M.

Gress,

Ph.D

New

Species.

MuBy
274-332

iii

3Li

31

1~


Table of Contents.

iv

XI.

A

Comparative Study of some Subfossil Remains of Birds

from

Bermuda,

Including

the

"

Cahow ".

By

R.

W.
333-418

Shufeldt

XII. The " Vigilant

XIII.

''

By W.

Fire-engine.

Some Notes on Sphasriidae with
By Victor Sterki
cies.

XIV. Studies

in the

Genus Lactuca

O. E. Jennings

Index

in

J.

Holland

Description of

New

Western Pennsylvania.

419-422

Spe423-439

By
440-447
448


LIST OF PLATES.
I.

II.

Diploiiiystus goodi Eastman.

Map

III.

sources

illustrating

Grier in

Map

"

of

material

by N. M.

discussed

jMorpliological Features o£ Mussel-Shells."

M. Grier

giving localities mentioned by N.

in

"

Mor-

phological Features of Mussel-Shells."

IV & V. Maps
VI. Fig.

of parts of northeastern Brazil.
I.

Pegmatite dikes near Periquitos, Parahyba, Brazil,

with tableland probably capped by quartzite in the distance.

Fig.

2.

Pegmatite dikes near Jardim de Serido, Rio Grande

do Norte
VII. Fig.

dam

heira

Fig. 2.

VIII. Fig.

;

granite hills in the distance.

Granite

I.

I.

in the

gorge of Rio Acauan

Rio Grande do Norte,

site,

Granite

hills

at the

Gargal-

Brazil.

near Patu, Rio Grande do Norte.

dam

Mica-schist at the

site

on Rio Salgado near

Lavras, Ceara, Brazil.
Fig.

2.

Cretaceous sandstone of

Serra Grande near Ipu,

Ceara, overlying the plain of crystalline rocks.

IX. Fig.

I.

Fluted and pitted granite

hills

near Quixada, Ceara,

Brazil.

Fig.

2.

Basin

in

granite gneiss traversed by dikes, at Cal-

deirao Grande, Bahia.

X. Fig.
Fig.

XI-XII.

New

I.

2.

Limestone crags near Acarape, Ceara, Brazil.

Limestone

Species of

pillar, "

Formosan

Frade," near Acarape, Ceara.

Mugilidcc.

XIII. Chclon creiiilabis Forskal; Centriscus scutatus

(Linnaeus);

Centriscus capita Oshima.

XIV-XV. New Species of Fossil Plants from the Dakota.
XVI-XXXI. Plates illustrating Dr. Shufeldt's article on Subfossil Remains of Birds from Bermuda.

XXXII. The " Vigilant " Fire-engine.
XXXIII. Figures illustrating article by O.
LactHca.

E. Jennings on the genus


LIST OF FIGURES IN TEXT.
pages.

(Article by Gerald A. Waring.)
Fig.

I.

Index

Map

of South America, showing location of region of

Northeastern Brazil under discussion
Fig.

2.

Sketch Map, showing the geology

Fig.

3.

a.

line limestone

near Acarape, Ceara, Brazil

tion

S.

E.

of

Itapahy

Station

near Acarape,

Fragment of tooth of Proboscidean
(Article by Carl

I.

b.

Sec-

in

rail-

Ceara,

214

Brazil

Fig.

;

showing alternation of quartz and limestone

way-cut

4.

213

Section showing alternation of quartz and limestone in a

boulder at " Frade " near Acarape, Ceara, Brazil

Fig.

184

in the vicinity of crystal-

Dicysta hollandi D.rake

J.

230

Drake.)
271

VI


GENERA, SPECIES, AND VARIETIES NEW TO
SCIENCE DESCRIBED OR FIGURED
IN THIS VOLUME.
PLANTS

(Viventes).
PAGES.

Lactiica splcata var. aiirea, var. nov. Jennings

440

Lactuca spicata var. aurea, forma integrifolia Jennings

443

Lactiica canadensis var. spinulosa var. nov. Jennings

444

PLANTS
Platanus

cissitifolia

nov. Gress (Platanacese)

sp.

Frotophyllum ovatum

(Fossiles).

nov. Gress

sp.

Frotophyllum viburnifolium

sp.

nov. Gress (Sterculiacese)

MAMMALIA
Mastodon waringi

(Sterculiaceae)

AVES
sp.

(Subfossiles).

nov. Shufeldt

^strelata vociferans

sp.

318

229

Puffinus mcgalli sp. nov. Shufeldt

Puffinus parvus

317

(Fossilia).

nov. Holland

sp.

310

nov. Shufeldt

PISCES

Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda

354

356
365

(Viventes).

Family Mugilid^.

Oshima
Oshima
nov. Oshima

Mugil anpinensis
Li::d

formoscB

Liza parva

sp.

sp.

sp.

Formosa
Formosa
Formosa
Formosa

nov.

nov.

Liza pescadorensis

sp.

nov. Oshima.

Family
Centriscus capita sp. nov.

245
251

253

254

CENTRISCID^.
Formosa

Oshima

PISCES

263

(Fossiles).

Diplomystus goodi Eastman (Plate I)...
vii

Benito, Spanish Guinea 143


viii

Genera, Species, and Varieties

New

to Science.

INSECTS.

HEMIPTERA.
PAGE.

Dicysta hoUandi

Dicysta bracUicnsis
Dicysta sinithi

nov. Drake

sp.

sp.

nov. Drake

sp.

nov. Drake

Chapada, Brazil

271

Santarem, Brazil

272

Chapada, Brazil

273

ORTHOPTERA.
Family Tetrigid.e.

Bruner

Platytcttix arciiatus sp. nov.
affiiiis

sp.

nov. Bruner

Tettigidea glahrata

sp.

nov. Bruner

Rytinatcttix

French Guiana

Tettigidea steinbachi sp. nov. Bruner

Scoria boliviana

Hippodes hopei

nov. Bruner

sp.

nov. Bruner

sp.

8

Argentina

12

French Guiana

12

Bolivia

14

Bolivia

15

Cameroon

93

Family Eumastacid.e.

Paramastax

pictifrons sp. nov.

Bruner

Bolivia

19

Family Cyrtacanthracrid.e.
Ophthalmolampis geniculapicta
Trybliophorus niodestus

Leptysmina minor

Stenacris forficulata

nov. Bruner Bolivia

nov. Bruner

sp.

Opsomala intermedia

sp.

nov. Bruner

sp.

sp.

sp.

Stenacris cayenncnsis

nov. Bruner

sp.

Stenacris megaccphala

nov. Bruner

nov. Bruner

nov. Bruner

sp.

Tucayaca aquatica Bruner gen.

&

sp.

nov

Tucayana normalis sp. nov. Bruner
Oxyblcpta minor sp. nov. Bruner

Henia surinama sp. nov. Bruner
Henia testacca sp. nov. Bruner
Henia steinbachi sp. nov. Bruner
Cornops pelagicum

sp.

nov. Bruner

Tetratcenia australis sp. nov.

Copiocera formosa
Copiocera boliviana

Zosperamerns

sp.
sp.

nov. Bruner
nov. Bruner

vittatiis sp.

Adelotettix ccernleipennis

Bucephalacris boliviana

Bruner

nov. Bruner
sp.

sp.

nov. Bruner

nov. Bruner

39

Bolivia

41

French Guiana

45

French Guiana

46

Bolivia

49

French Guiana

50

French Guiana

52

BoHvia

53

French Guiana

54

Bolivia

52

French Guiana

59

Bolivia

59

Bolivia

59

French Guiana

61

Bolivia

62

French Guiana

66

Bolivia

67

Bolivia

69

French Guiana

70

Bolivia

72


New

Genera, Species, and Varieties

to Science.

ix

PAGE.

Phccoparia boliznana

nov. Bruner

sp.

Eusitalces vulneratus sp. nov. Bruner

Schistocerca flavolineata

sp.

Paradichroplus sanguineus
Rhytidichrota holiviana

nov. Bruner
nov. Bruner.

sp.

.

.

74

79

Bolivia

81

.Bolivia

86

Bolivia

go

nov. Bruner

sp.

Bolivia

Bolivia

Batanga

no

Lolodorf

109

Batanga
Batanga

112

Stenocrobyliis catantopoides sp. nov. Bruner. .Batanga

116

Cyphocerastis hopei

nov. Bruner

sp.

Cyphocerastis picturata

Ptcr opera uniformis

Catantops uniformis

nov. Bruner

sp.

nov. Bruner

sp.
sp.

nov. Bruner

113

Family Xiphidiid.i:.
Xiphidion neglectnm

nov. Bruner

sp.

Batanga

123

Family Mecopodid.e.

Eluma gen

Congo
Congo

nov. Bruner

F.luma amplipennis

sp.

nov. Bruner

127

127

Family Fhaneropterid.e.

Eurycorypha zcbrata

nov. Bruner

sp.

Lolodorf

135

HYMENOPTERA.
Chalcidoidea.

P entasmicra

Ashmead

brasiliensis

Type

fixed

Xanthosmicra trinidadensis Ashmead. .Type
Xanthosniicra brasiliensis Ashmead.
Lcucospis endcrlciiii

Ashmead

.

265

268

fixed

.Type fixed

Type

268
268

fixed

MOLLUSCA.
Dr. Victor Sterki describes the following

Pisidium: deUexum, Maine,
430; decisum, Maine,
p.

p.

new

432; limpidum, Montana,
p.
p.

p.

species

p.

varieties of

433; apiculatum, North Dakota,

;

pilula, British

describes Sphccritim declive, North Dakota,

p.

Columbia,
438.

p.

431; griscolum, Maine,

434; orcasense, Washington,

436

and

429; comprcssum var. miitatum, Maine,

430; paradoxiim, Maine,

tophthalmi, Washington,

thum, British Columbia,

p.

p.

p.

433; no-

435; progna-

p. 437.

He

also


ERRATA AND CORRIGENDA.
p. 39.

Tenth and eleventh
top, for "

P. 84. Thirteenth line
P.

140.

P. 142.
P. 151.

lines

from

top,

and

twentieth line from

p. 40,

Optlmlmolamipis" read Ophthalmolampis.

from bottom, for

"

Goglio-Tos

"

from bottom, and p. 141, third
" Honiaogryllus" read Homccogryllus.
Second

line

For " Euscyrtus
Third line from

read Giglio-Tos.
line

from

top,

for

" read Euscirtus.

top, and p. 175, second and fourth lines from bottom, for " Fusconaja " read Fusconaia.


ANNALS

CARNEGIE MUSEUM
VOLUME

Xin, NOS.

1-2.

Editorial Notes.

In the present issue of the

which have been
their

publication

in the

Annals

there appear a few of the papers,

hands of the Editor

having been

for a considerable time,

delayed

unfortunately

for

reasons

already explained in the last volume and in the Report of the Director
for

the

year extending from

fiscal

We

1918-1919.

are

happy

in

believing that the circumstances which brought about the delay in

publishing these and other papers are not likely to arise again.

The
1919,

death of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, which occurred on August
at

his

removed the
inflicted

an irreparable

begun, cannot atone.

great public foundations.

his

New York

We shall

ment and the evidences of
upon this department of the
more than

which

loss, for

the Carnegie Corporation of

for

i

ith,

summer home, Shadowbrook, Lenox, Massachusetts,

gracious presence of the Founder of the Museum, and
munificent provision through
to

maintain the work he had

miss his words of cheer and encourage-

his

appreciation

Institute,

Elsewhere

one

unfailingly

of the

in this

bestowed

very earliest of his

volume the Editor, who
Mr.

forty-five years enjoyed the close friendship of

Carnegie, endeavors briefly to record some of his memories, especially
those relating to the founding of the
1

Museum and

its

subsequent work.


Annals of the Carnegie Museum.

2

The
of the

Memoir

first

Volume VIII

to be included in

Museum was

Carnegie

issued in December,

of the

Memoirs

1919.

It

is

the

part of Dr. Arnold E. Ortmann's IVIonograph upon the Naiades

final

of Pennsylvania.

The preparation

of this

work may be

The

at "the eleventh hour."

in western Pennsylvania, western

the time of the

New

York, and West Virginia, at

occupation of the region by the whites was rich

In the process of time, with the great increase in popu-

in mollusca.

lation,

first

said to have been undertaken

great river-system of the Ohio arising

which has occurred, and the huge development

of industrial

which has taken place along the streams, these have become

more or less polluted. The flow into the rivers of water strongly
charged with sulphuric acid from the mines, the injection of waste
enterprises,

from various manufactories, the disposal of sewage by drainage

it

into the streams, have gradually led to such contamination that the
fluvial

fauna

the rivers,

has become practically extinct over wide reaches of

below the metropolitan area of Pittsburgh.

especially

Where even only twenty years ago
of mussel-shells

were

ceased to exist.

The

still

representatives of various spei;ies

comparatively abundant they have

decade of the nineteenth century possessed a

last

molluscan population, which

is

who once

extinct as the Indians,

sustenance from the beds of
river.

now

shores of Neville Island below the city in the

Fortunately the

now dead and
lived there,

extensive

and derived part

of their

which were found along the

shell-fish,

Carnegie

ver}'

gone, as completely

Museum

possesses several col-

made many years ago in the region, and the indefatigable
industry of Dr. Ortmann has supplemented these by great quantities

lections

of specimens,

which he has himself gathered, or secured through the

whom

cooperation of others

He

he has

filled

with his

own enthusiasm.

thus possessed as the basis of his labors material such as exists in

no other museum

monument
it is

in the

once

filled

in the world,

and

his

work

will

always remain a

not only to his learning but to his scientific energy.

main a record
the streams

is

of that

which

is

past.

The

Alas!

rich fauna Avhich

practically extinct, except as represented here

and there by remnants.

The student

of future years will find the

only memorial of this great assemblage of species in the cabinets of
the Carnegie

Museum.

From South America during

the past ten

months we have received


Editorial.

3

important collections of birds made among the Andes of Colombia,
and on the lower waters of the Amazons. A large collection from

The

Bolivia has also been received.

Museum

now

is

collection of birds in the Carnegie

and
Our assemblage of the species found
growing apace, and we hope before many

quite the largest in the state of Pennsylvania,

in exceptionally fine condition.
in the

Neotropical Region

is

years have passed to be able to claim the possession in our cabinets
of representatives of all the species

Hemisphere.

The

We

shall be satisfied

library of the

Museum

known

to exist in the

with nothing

Western

less.

has recently been enriched by a number

works upon ornithology, which heretofore
have been lacking, but which were needed for reference. Our asof

important and

classic

semblage of works upon ornithology, including those
library of the Director, deposited in the

Museum,

is

in the private

rapidly becoming

one of the most extensive upon the continent.

Since the

last issue of the

has been visited by

many

Annals was

sent to the press the

distinguished

men

Museum

and men of
were the King of the
of science

Our most notable recent visitors
his Queen, and their son, the Crown Prince, who were
accompanied by their party, among these His Excellency, Baron E.
De Cartier, the Belgian Ambassador to the United States, and His
E.xcellency, Mr. Brand Whitlock, the American Ambassador to
affairs.

Belgians,

Belgium.

Their

visit

was the privilege
capacity as Chairman
It

occurred on Thursday, October 23, 1919.
of the Director of the

of the Standing

Museum,

acting in his

Committee on Honorary De-

grees of the University of Pittsburgh, to present His Majesty for the

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, which was conferred upon him
by the Chancellor at 10 a.m. in the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Hall, in the presence of an immense audience.
After this ceremony
had been completed, the party repaired to the main building of the
Carnegie Institute, where they were welcomed by the President and

Members

Board of Trustees. The Director had the pleasure
them a necessarily somewhat hasty view of some of the
treasures of the Museum, after which they repaired to his office,
where they were presented to a number of persons, whom they had
of giving

of the


Annals of the Carnegie Museum.

4

expressed a desire to meet because of the services they had rendered
Several of these friends received
to the cause of suffering Belgium.
at the hands of the King and the
the form of decorations.
of the Director

is

It

may

Queen souvenirs

of their visit in

be proper to mention that the

office

at least for the time being the Belgian Consulate in

Pittsburgh, the Director for

some time past having consented

as an

act of friendship to attend to Belgian affairs in the western half of
the

Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania.

SALTATORIAL ORTHOPTERA FROM SOUTH AMERICA
AND THE ISLE OF PINES.

I.

By Lawrence Bruner.
Introductory.

The

following pages relate to a

saltatorial

rather considerable

Orthoptera collected for the Carnegie

Museum

number
in

of

Argentina

and Bolivia by Mr. Jose Steinbach, and in French Guiana and the
A few species from the

State of Para, Brazil, by Mr. S. M. Klages.
Isle of Pines, collected by the late Mr. G. A. Link, Sr., and his assoThe latter were obtained some
ciates, are included in the report.
years ago, but the collections made by Mr. Steinbach, and those

made by Mr.

Klages, have

in quite recent years.

to

The

come

into the possession of the

writer in the spring of 191 9

submit a report upon those parts of

had at that time come into
lections

made

in the

this

his hands,

assemblage

of

but the receipt

Museum

was prepared
insects which
of

later col-

remote interior of French Guiana and about Para

by Mr. Klages, seemed to make it preferable to withhold this report,
until the more recently acquired material could be studied and the
results of such investigation incorporated with what had already
been written. This was a fortunate decision, as the material alluded
to, which was received by the Museum in the summer of 1919, proved
to be rather interesting, and to contain a number of apparently
undescribed forms.
Every sending of insects from the little-visited
parts of tropical America reveals the fact that our knowledge of the
fauna is not yet complete. In the papers upon the Orthoptera of

the American tropics, which the writer has presented in the pages
of the

Annals

of the Carnegie

Museum,

including the present report,

there have been described over two hundred and sixty (264) species

new

to science.

in the

Museum

The types

of these species are of course all preserved

in Pittsburgh,

where they

may

be consulted by future

students of the order.

In

this, as in

former papers by the writer issued by the Carnegie

Museum, synoptic keys

of the species in a given

5

genus have been


Annals of the Carnegie Museum.

6

frequently given, and occasionally keys to the genera themselves have

been supplied.

Order SALTATORIA.
Part I.— Suborder

LOCUSTOIDEA.

Locusts or Short-horned Grasshoppers.

The

which are included

insects,

suborder of the Saltatorial

in this

Orthoptera, are very numerous and widely scattered over the surface
of the earth,

wherever there

sustenance and where they

is

them

sufficient vegetation to afford

may

find security against

some

of their

Of course, as might be expected, the species and

host of enemies.

warmer and more humid regions.
numerous
representatives of the group are
Nevertheless comparatively
hot,
arid
regions,
as well as in cooler countries
to be met with in
individuals are most abundant in

towards the

poles.

In the introductions to the sections dealing with families, contained
in

former papers on these insects,

upon

their life-histories,

I

have written somewhat extensively

food-habits,

and

distribution.

I

will

not

here repeat what already has been said upon these subjects.

In the present paper over thirty supposedly
terized.

We may

readily infer, that,

when

new forms

continent shall have been thoroughly explored, and

fauna collected and studied, there
these insects discovered and

will

be

made known

are charac-

the entire South

still

its

American

orthopterous

many more

species of

to science.

Family TETRIGID.*: (Acrydiida).

The

present

collection

contains a

number

of

"grouse-locusts"

Undoubtedly considerable
be made to our present knowledge of these interso far as South American forms are concerned.

several of which appear to be undescribed.

additions remain to
esting

little insects,

In 1910 the present author published

in the

Annals

(VII, pp. 89-143)

a special paper on these insects based on a quite extensive collection
belonging to

the

Carnegie

Museum.

While that paper was not

intended to be a regular synopsis or monograph of the group under
consideration so far as South American forms are concerned,
nevertheless a rather

full

review.

and several others have added
for the region.

it

was

Since that time both the writer

to that

which was known about them


Bruner: Saltatorial Orthoptera.
Without here attempting
distribution, habits, etc.,

I

to give additional notes

may

7

on

their haunts,

refer the student of the

group to

my

former paper for hints as to these matters.

Genus Cotys BoHvar.
Hancock,

Cotys Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xxxi, pp. i86, 194, 247 (1887);

Gen.

Ins.,

Fasc. 48, Orth., Acrid. Tetr., pp. 30, 35 (1906).

The genus

Cotys belongs solely to the

American hemisphere and

contains but a single representative.

I.

Cotys antennatus Bolivar.

Cotys antennalus Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xxxi, pp. i86, 247, No.

Hancock,

/.

c, p. 35, No.

This species

is

They come from
taken by

J.

represented by two specimens, male and female.

Steinbach in February, 1915.

Genus Amorphopus
186,

(1887);

the Rio Japacani in eastern Bolivia, where they were

Amorphopus Serville,
xxxi, pp.

i

34 (1906).

i, pi. 4, fig.

C.

5573.

Serville.

Ins. Orth., p. 756 (1839);

194, 250 (1887);

M. Ace. No.

Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg.,

Hancock, Gen.

Ins.,

Fasc. 48, Orth., Acrid.

Tetr., pp. 31, 36 (1906).

The genus Amorphopus is made up of several species of tropical
American grouse-locusts, which rather closely resemble each other.
They are to be met with either on rocks in or at the margins of streams,
or on the trunks of trees and on rocks in damp, shady situations,
where mosses and lichens abound.

2.

Amorphopus

notabilis Serville.

Atnorphopiis notabilis Serville, Ins. Orth.,

Bolivar,
I.

I.

c, pp. 186, 250, 252, No.

c, p. 37, No.

I,

pi. 4, fig.

p.

757,

No.

i,

pi.

13,

fig.

5

(1839);

2oa-b (1887); Hancock.
Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII, pp.

5, pi. 5, figs. 20,

38 (1906);

90, 97 (1910).

Only a

single female

specimen of

from eastern Bolivia, where
bach.

C.

M. Ace. No.

it

this species is at

was captured

in

hand.

February by

It

comes

J. Stein-

5573.

Genus Eomorphopus Hancock.
Eomorphopus Hancock, Gen. Ins., Fasc. 48, Orth., Acrid.
Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII, pp. 90, 98 (1910).

The
tropics.

Tetr., pp. 31, 37 (1906);

representatives of this genus belong to the South American

They may be separated from

those of the preceding genus

n


Annals of the Carnegie Museum.

8

by

their

less

bodies and

or depressed

flattened

non-clypeate

the

anterior femora.

3.

Eomorphopus granulatus Hancock.

Eomorphopus granulatus Hanxock,
Bruner, /. c, p. 98 (1910).

The

c, p. 38, no.

/.

following listed material

at hand:

is

Para, Brazil, October 1918 (S.

2,

M.

I

pi. 4,

cf

figs.

35,

35a (1906);

4 9 9, Benevides,

,

Klages), Ace. No. 6174;

i
9,
Oucatopi Island, June, 1918, Ace. No. 6178; i 9, Cayenne, Ace.
No. 5897; I 9 Mana River, French Guiana, May, 191 7, Ace. No.
,

6008.

Genus Platytettix Hancock.
XVII, 1906, 88; Gen. Ins., Fasc.
Bruner, Ann. Car. Mus., VII, 1911, 99.

PlalyleUix Hancock:, Ent. News,
Tetr., 1906, 39;

4. Platytettix

48, Orth. Acrid.

arcuatus sp. nov.

Having the same general appearance as the remainder
sentatives of the genus Platytettix, but a
gibbifiotus or uniforniis,

of the

Annals

(Vol.

for the separation of
falls

little

which were characterized

VH, pp. 99-100,
the known species

between the two here referred

of the
If

in a

former number

In the synoptic table

1910).

to.

of the repre-

smaller than either

genus the present form

we include

this species,

the key should be modified as follows:

Key to the

Species of Platytettix.

A. Pronotum strongly reticulate and gibbous.
b.

Larger

c.

cc.

(8 to 9

mm.

in length).

Apex of the anterior edge of the posterior lateral lobes of the pronotum greatly produced and acuminate
relicidatus Hancock.
Apex of the posterior lateral lobes but little produced.
gihbinolus Bruner-

bb.

Smaller (6.5-7

mm.

produced, nevertheless

AA. Pronotum

still

comparatively smooth.

roundly angulate

(7

The

posterior lateral lobes but little

angulate

arcuatus sp. nov.

in length).

mm.)

The

posterior angles of the lateral lobes

uniformis Bruner.

As seen by an examination of the above key, arcuatus has the pronotum moderately gibbous, but is smaller than the others. The pronotum is rather greatly elevated on its anterior half and evenly
arcuate and ascending from the front edge to the point of

its

greatest


Bruner: Saltatorial Orthoptera.

height,

where

it

suddenly and a

The

the anterior edge.
is

nearly

flat,

9

obliquely drops to a level with

little

lower apical half of the disc of the

pronotum

and provided with several oblique carina^, which extend

from the well-marked nearly equal and smooth median carina to the

lateral edges.
The anterior margin at middle straight, the apex is
sharply acuminate and extends
valves of the ovipositor.

The

little,

and below the

lateral lobes anteriorly

any, beyond the apex of the

if

gibbosities are chiefly confined to the
lateral carinae.

The

lobes of

the carinae of the anterior and middle femora are less well-defined

than in

reticulatus, especially is this true

ones.

Front,

frontal

costa,

and

with reference to the superior

vertex

normal

about

for

the

genus.

General color dark brunneo-fuscous, varied with pale testaceous and
dull cinereous.

Anterior and middle

tibiae fasciate,

the apical portion

Hind femora with their apical half and the
Apica' depressed
tibiae largely testaceous, marmorate with browns.
Apical four or
portion of the disc of the pronotum pale testaceous
of the tarsi infuscated.

five joints of the

antennae pallid, the middle ones infuscated, while

those at the base are more or less varied with testaceous.
carina of the

Length
4

of

Dorsal

pronotum alternately pallid and fuscous.
body, 9 6.5 mm.; of pronotum, 6 mm.; of hind femora,
,

mm.
Habitat:

The only specimen

at hand,

the type,

Ace. No. 61

1

1."

It

was taken

in

bears the label
Klages, C.

M.

246 (1887); Hancock, Gen.

Ins.,

"Pied Saut, Oyapok River, French Guiana,

M.

S.

November, 1917.

Genus Crimisus

Bolivar.-

Crimisus Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xxxi,

p.

Fasc. 48, Orth. Acrid. Tetr., pp. 31, 40 (1906);

Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus.,

VII, pp. 91, 103 (1910).

The only

representative of the genus at hand

is

a single specimen

of the following species.

Crimisus patruus Bolivar.

5.

Crimisus patruus Bolivar,
I.

I

I.

c, p. 247 (1887)

;

Hancock,

I.

c, p. 40 (1906)

;

Bruner,

c, pp. 103, 104 (1910).

cf

lector.

,

Rio Japacani, eastern Bolivia, Feb., 1915,
C. M. Ace. No. 5573

J.

Steinbach, col-


Annals of the Carnegie Museum.

10

Genus Otumba Morse.
Otumba Morse,

Cent.-Amer., Orth.,

Biol.

II,

Hancock,

pp. 5, 7 (1900);

N. Amer., pp. 34, 50 (1902); Ib., Gen. Ins., Fasc. 48, Orth. Acrid.
43 (1906); Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII, pp. 91, no (1910).

A strictly

Tett.

Tetr., pp. 32,

American genus containing several rather common

tropical

species.

Otumba

6.

Otumba lobata Hancock,
pp. no. III (1910).

I.

c,

lobata Hancock.

and reference, pp.

44, 45, no. 4 (1906);

Bruner,

I.

c,

now being reported
River, May,
1917, C. M. Ace. No. 6008: I 9, Pied Saut, Oyapok River, French
Guiana, Dec, 1917, S. M. Klages, collector, C. M. Ace. No. 61 11.
This grouse-locust

is

represented in the material

upon by the following specimens:

i

9 9,

cf, 2

Mana

Genus Allotettix Hancock.
Alloieilix

Hancock, Ent. News,

276

x, p.

Ie., Tettig.

(1.899);

N. Amer., pp. 126,

127 (1902); Ib., Gen. Ins., Fasc. 48, Orth. Acrid. Tetr., pp. 48 (1906);

Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII,
Allotettix

p.

another of our tropical American genera of grouse-

is

Its representatives

locusts.

greatly lengthened wings

are

extremely slender insects with

all

and pronotal

At

been recognized and characterized.

among

Bruner,

114 (1910).

the material

shield.

Eight species have

least three of these are

found

now being examined.
7.

chipmani Bruner.

Allotettix

chipmani Bruner, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XIV, p. 146 (1906); Ib.,
Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII, pp. 115, 116 (1910); Hancock, Gen. Ins., Fasc.

Allotettix

48, Orth. Acrid. Tetr.. p. 48 (1906).

There are quite a number
before

me

as

I

write.

of

specimens

They come

of

chiefly

both sexes of this insect

from the

French Guiana and were taken during the months of
C.

1917.

M. Ace. No.

6008.

Mana

May

River in

and June,

Three other specimens are

also at

hand, which are referred to this species, one male and two females,

from the Oucatopi Island, where they were taken
S.

M.

Klages.

C.

M. Ace. No.

8.

Allotettix

in June,

191

8,

by

p.

48,

6178.

peruvianus (Bolivar).

Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., XXXI, p. 272 (1887).

Hancock, Gen. Ins., Fasc. 48, Orth. Acrid. Tetr.,
Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII, pp. 115, 116 (1910).

Paraleltix peruvianus Bolivar,
Allotettix peruvianus
fig.

18 (1906);


Bruner: Saltatorial Orthoptera.
Specimens
locust

of

both sexes of a rather slender rugose-granulose grouse-

coming from the Province

Bolivar's Paratettix peruvianus.

and

11

del Sara, Bolivia, are referred to

They were taken

locality as the following insect,

at the

same time

which has been determined as

by me (see Annals Car. Mus., VII,
was taken by J. Steinbach. C. M. Ace.

Allotettix chapadensis described

The present

p. '117).

lot

No. 5573.
Allotettix chapadensis Bruner.

9.
Allolettix chapadensis

Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII,

specimens

All the

this species,

taken by

J.

in the present collection,

pp. 115, 117 (1910).

which are referred to

come from the Province del Sara, Bolivia. They were
Steinbach in October and December, and were found at

an elevation of about 350 meters above
represented.
C. M. Ace. No. 5058.
10. Allotettix

Both sexes are

sea-level.

sp.?

In addition to the three species of Allotettix recorded above there
is

what seems to be a fourth species at hand. It was
in the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, at an
250 meters above sea-level, in December, 1913, by J.
C. M. Ace. No. 5060.

a single male of

taken at Las Juntas,
elevation of

Steinbach.
It is

not as rugulose as

genus, but

is

median carina

of the

height throughout.
front than

is

is

usually the case in representatives of the

instead remarkably coarsely granulose, and has the

pronotum quite prominent and of nearly equal
vertex is also a little more advanced in

The

usual in representatives of this genus.

view of the paucity

of the material,

from giving

it

I

refrain,

in

a specific name.

Genus Rytinatettix Hancock.
Rytinatellix

Hancock, Trans. Ent.

Amer. Ent. Soc, XLIII,

As shown by Mr.

Soc. Lond., 1908, p. 418 (1908);

Rehn, Trans.

p. 343.

Jas. A. G.

Rehn

(/. c.)

Hancock created the genus

Rytinatettix for the reception of the Prototettix fossulatus of Bolivar

and the

Tctrix lobiilata of Stal, as well as the Paratettix borellii of

Giglio-Tos.
II. Rytinatettix fossulatus Bolivar.
Prolotellix fossulatus

Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xxxi, pp. 255, 256 (1887);

Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII,
Ent. See, XLIII,

p.

342 (1917).

pp. 92,

122 (1910);

Rehn, Trans. Am.


Annals of the Carnegie Museum.

12

Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Torin., XII, no. 302
Bruner, Locusts of Argentina, 1900, p. 16; Ib., Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII, p. 119 (1910); Hancock, Gen. Ins., Fasc. 48, Orth. Tetr.,
p. 56 (1906); Rehn, Trans. Amer. Ent. -Soc, XLIII. p. 343 (1910), footnote.

Paratellix horelUi Giglio-Tos, Boll.

(1897), pp. 28-29;

A
at

specimen of a small robust grouse-locust, which was

single female

me

determined by

first

Our specimen agrees

seems
and defined by Hancock.

as Paratettix horellii of Giglio-Tos,

to belong in the present genus as limited
fairly well

with the descriptions of both

lohiilatiis

But when compared with specimens of
Paratettix horellii in my possession, coming from Argentina, I am
The
inclined to choose Rehn's diagnosis as more nearly correct.
specimen is from the Province del Sara, Bolivia, where it was taken

and fossulatus Bolivar.

Stal

by

J.

Steinbach during the period from

about 350 meters above

locality

sea-level.

March to April, 191 3, at
C. M. i^cc. No. 5058.

12. Rytinatettix affinis sp.

A
is

nov.

a

(?)

second specimen, a male, also apparently belonging to this genus,

at hand.

It

comes from the Rio Bermejo

Argentina, where

was taken

it

In general appearance

level.

It

affinis.

is

Province of Salta,

dull

above sea-

much smoother and has
preceding insect.
It may be

it

wings and pronotum than the
Rytinatettix

in the

at an elevation of 400 meters
is

ferruginous,

or

inclining

to

longer
called

wood-

The median carina of
pronotum is less prominent and only moderately undulate. Its
measurements are as follows: Length of body, cf 6.5 mm.; of pronotum, 9 mm.; of posterior femora, 5 mm.; the wings extend i mm.

beyond the apex of the pronotum. Collected by J. Steinbach, May,
brown, and faintly variegated with fuscous.
the

,

1914.

Genus Tettigidea Scudder.
Teltigidea

Scudder, Bost. Journ. Nat.

Soc. Ent. Belg.,

XXXI

Tetr., p. 67 (1906);

VIII (1862),

p.

Hancock, Gen.

Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII,

13.

A

Hist.,

(1887), p. 299;

p.

476;

Bolivar, Ann.

Ins., Fasc. 48,

Orth.

123 (1910).

Tettigidea glabrata sp. nov.

moderately

nearly

which

large, but not excessively robust insect, having a
uniform dark fusco-brunneous color, the entire surface of

is

glabrous, or,

varnished.
shape,

i.e.,

Viewed

I

might say, appearing to have been freshly
has a rather fusiform wedge
wedge are somewhat arcuate or

laterally, the insect

the sides and edges of the


Bruner: Saltatorial Orthoptera.

13

Apex of pronotum only reaching
Wings not apparent or visible. Not-

gently bowed outward at middle.
the tip of the hind femora.

withstanding the glabrous appearance of this insect,

it

nevertheless

has the surface of both the dorsum and lateral lobes of the pronotum

very coarsely rugulose or wrinkled. On the disc two of these rugee
assume the form of supplemental, but rather irregular, longitudinal
carina? on each side of the middle, accompanied by many independent
short and transverse carinse, some of which unite with the longitudinal
Anterior margin of the pronotum both angulated and spined,
ones.
the latter extending forward over the occiput to the middle of the

Latter not prominent, sub-triangular in form, the front edge

eyes.

longest, the ventro-

raised
sulcus,

and dorso-posterior

sides

rounded and

of

about

Occiput and summit of head somewhat, but not greatly,

equal length.

above the upper portion of the eyes, provided with a deep wide
which receives the pronotal spine from behind and the upper

and backwardly directed portion of the frontal costa from the front.
Frontal costa rather narrow and very narrowly sulcate; viewed from
the side nearly straight and not greatly produced in front of the eyes.
Antenna? missing. Anterior and middle legs slender; hind femora
fairly robust,

are

but elongate, provided with the usual

somewhat

lateral

irregular, especially

on the

edges acute and provided with

rugte,

Hind

disc.

many

but these
with the

tibiae

regularly

arranged,

Labial palpi with two apical segments
Under side of body and tibiae piceous.
mm.; of pronotum, 13 mm.; of hind femora,

rather acute, small spines.
flattened

Length
8

and ivory-white.

of body, 9

,

14

mm.
Habitat:

Island,

The only specimen

where

it

at hand, the type,

was taken by

S.

M. Klages

in

comes from Oucatopi
June, 1918.

C.

M.

Ace. No. 6178.
{Note.

— Could

this insect

14.
Tetligidea paratecta
figs.

A

Rehn,

be the Tetrix purpiirascens of

Serville.'')

Tettigidea paratecta Rehn?
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliilad.,

Ma3^

1913, pp. 304-306,

10 and II (1913).

single female

specimen of the genus

Japacani of eastern Bolivia,

is

Tettigidea,

from the Rio

referred here for the present at least.

It was taken by J. Steinbach in February, 1915.
C. M. Ace. No. 5573.
At first glance it seemed to be an immature individual of the fol-

lowing species, but this can hardly be the case, since

it

lacks the spine


Annals of the Carnegie Museum.

14

on the anterior middle of the pronotum. It also has a more arcuate
and deeper pronotum than the insect with which it has been compared.

15.

Tettigidea steinbachi sp. nov.

medium-sized long-winged species. Somewhat robust, but could
not be termed incrassate. Smaller than T. hancocki, and more finely
rugose or even granulose than that species; the supplemental longi-

A

tudinal carinse of the disc three in

point a

little

number on each

side,

of the hind femora.

beyond the basal fourth

reaching a

Pronotum

angulate in front, as well as provided with an acute spine, the apex

which reaches a point opposite (cf ) the middle of the upper edges
advance of this (9 ). Frontal costa rather

of

of the eyes, or a little in

prominent and deeply sulcate, the sides or carinee not very heavy,
and evenly converging upward. The apex a little advanced in front
of the eyes and quite deeply and broadly sulcate, the upper extremity
of the frontal costa almost reaching (9 ), or not quite (cf ) the apex
of the anteriorly projecting spine of the

pronotum.

Posterior ex-

tremity of the latter reaching the tips of the hind femora, the wings

Hind femora rather robust at their base. Tibial
and regularly placed.
General color pale fuscous, the dorsum or disc of the male pronotum
a little paler, and with the femora, the abdomen, and sides of the
pronotum and head, varied with dull black or dark fuscous. Tegmina

somewhat

longer.

spines quite large

unicolorous or very faintly paler apically.

Length of body, cf, 10 mm., 9, 11 mm.; of pronotum,
mm., 9 12 mm.; of hind femora, cf 6 mm., 9 7-5 mm.
,

,

Habitat: Pro\ince del Sara, Bolivia,

c/',

10.5

,

i

cf

,

i

9

,

the types.

Collected

Steinbach at an elevation of 350 meters above sea-level. The
male was taken in February, 1913, and the female in October, 1912.

by

J.

16.
Telligidea costalis

There

is

Tettigidea costalis Bruner.

Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII,

p.

133 (1910).

a single male specimen of this species before me.

It

comes

from Las Juntas, Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where it was
taken in December, 1913, by J. Steinbach.
It is much more robust
than the same sex of T. lateralis of North America and has its hind
femora prominently marked by a large median testaceous patch.


Bruner: Saltatorial Orthoptera.
Tettigidea multicostata Bolivar.

17.
Tettigidea multicostata

Bruner, Locusts
p.

616 (1906);

A

single female

p.

nymph

p.

p.

299 (1887);

Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,

Ib.,

Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII,

Fasc. 48, Orth. Tetr.,

Ins.,

XXXI,

Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg.,

of Argentina, 1900, p. 17;

Ib.,

15

XXX,

136 (1910); Hancock, Genera

68 (1906).

belonging in this genus

is

referred here.

It

bears the label "Rio Bermejo, Prov. of Salta, Argentina, 400 m."
It

was

collected

by

J.

Steinbach in May, 1914.

Genus Scaria
Scaria Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg.,
Ins.,
p.

Fasc. 48, Orth. Tetr.,

Bolivar.

XXXI,

p. 301 (1887); Hancock, Genera
Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII,

69 (1906);

p.

140 (1910).
18.

Acrydium hatnatum
Tettix

hamatus

De

Scaria

hamata (De Geer).

Geer, Mem.

Ins., Ill, p.

St.4l, Recens. Orthopt.,

I,

Scaria hamata Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg.,

Gen.

Ins.. Orth., Acrid. Tetr.,

Mus., VII,

A

single

p.

Fasc. 48,

503 (1773), no. 22,

pi. 42, fig.

13.

146 (1873).

p.

p.

XXXI,

p.

69 (1906);

301 (1887); Hancock,
Bruner, Ann. Carnegie

140 (1910),

male and three females of the genus Scaria are referred to

this species.

They come from
in May,

where they were taken

the

Mana

1917.

C.

River of French Guiana,

M. Ace. No.

producta Hancock.

19. Scaria

Hancock, Gen. Ins., Fasc. 48, Orth.
Bruner, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VII, p. 140 (1910).

Scaria producta

A female of this species collected by J.
in eastern Bolivia, in

6008.

February, 1915.

Acrid., Tetr., p. 70 (1906);

Steinbach on the Rio Japacani
C.

M. Ace. No.

5573.

20. Scaria boliviana sp. nov.

Rather closely related to the Acrydium hamatiim of De Geer, as
shown by the flavo-maculate tegmina, but smaller, and lacking the
depressed areas on the disc of the pronotum back of the shoulders.
In color the present species

is

testaceo-fuscous varied with black on

the sides, legs, and median carina of the pronotum.
robust, finely granulose, the hind femora a
in

little

Moderately

robust, not as long

proportion as in the species producta, a specimen of which latter

before

me

Length
femora, 7

is

for comparison.

of body,

mm.

9,

11. 5

mm.;

of

pronotum, 13 mm.;

of hind