310 STUDIES IN AMERICAN TETTIGONIIDAE (oRTHOPTERa) 



Scudder's discussion as to the relationship of this species to S. 

 paronae was due to the fact that at that time the female of that 

 species was unknown in the literature, he had never recognized 

 male specimens of that insect and the alcoholic condition of his 

 types of the present species was confusing. The two species are 

 very widely separated. 



The median compressed lamina dependent between the cerci 

 had been destroyed by pests in the male specimen described by 

 Scudder (allotype), in the other males before us this part is quite 

 as in the other species of the genus. 



Measurements {in millimeters) of extremes 



cf 



Length 



of prono- 



tmn 



Length 

 of tegmen 



Greatest 



width 

 of tegmen 



Length 



of caudal 



femur 



Length 



of subgeni- 



tal plate 



Tepic, Mexico Allotype... 



Tepic, Mexico (1) 



Guadalajara, Mexico. . . (4) 



6.2 



6.1 



6-6.3 



37.6 



37.8 



35.6-38.2 



Length 



of prono- 



tum 



Length 

 of tegmen 



Tepic, Mexico Type 



Tepic, Mexico (4) 



Guadalajara, Mexico. . . (3) 



6.1 



6-6.2 



5.9-6.1 



35.6 



34.7-36.8 

 33.4-34.8 



7.8 



7.8 



7.4-7.9 



28.4 

 28.8-29.6 



8 1 



7.7-8 



Great-^st 



width 

 of tegmen 



Length 



of caudal 



femur 



Length 



of 



ovipositor 



7.2 



7-8 



6.8-7.1 



27.7 10.7 



28.7-29.410.7-11.4 



29.1-29.4:10.6-10.8 



I 



The ovipositor in the type has the proximal width 2.8 and the 

 mesal width 2.4 mm., in the other females the proximal width of 

 the ovipositor is 2.8 and the mesal width 2.4 to 2.6 mm. 



The above measurements for material from Tepic, and those 

 given for the described pair by Scudder, are as nearly correct as 

 can be taken from dried alcoholic material. Scudder's ovi- 

 positor length is less than ours, as he measured from the dorsal 

 margin of the base to the apex of the ovipositor, while our measure- 

 ments are all taken from the ventral apex of the basal plica to 

 the apex of the ovipositor. 



The present striking species is known as yet only from Guada- 

 lajara, Jalisco, and Tepic, Tepic, Mexico. 



Specimens Examined: 15; 4 males and 11 females. 



Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, IX, 13, 1903, 3500 feet, (\V. L. Tower; 



