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18.5 by 1.6; pronotimi 3.7 by 1.2; ovipositor 9.5. Allotype deposited 

 in the Hebard collection. 



Desaiption. — Closely similar to the holotype in coloration but 

 slightly larger. Leg spination similar. Ovipositor of medium length 

 and only slightly recurved in the apical half. Subgenital plate con- 

 trastingly different from all the other female plates of known Chin- 

 ese species, being isosceles-triangular in form with a narrowly truncate 

 apex bearing a small median circular notch. 



Male 2'>ciratype8. — One, same data as for the holotype and measur- 

 ing : Body length 12.5 ; length to tip of tegmina 20.0 ; length to wing 

 tips 25.0; pronotum 3.6; tegmina 17.4; wing 20.0; hindfemora 12.6 

 mm. One, Szechwan, China, June-September 1934 (D. C. Graham; 

 U. S. N. M.) and measuring: Body length 14.0; pronotum 3.6; length 

 to tip of tegmina 20.5 ; length to wing tip 25.0 mm. ; no legs on this 

 specimen. One, Tseo Jia Geo, south of Suifu, 1,400-2.^00 feet (D. C. 

 Graham; U. S. N. M.) ; measurements: Body length 12.0; length to 

 tip of tegmina 21.0; length to wing tips 25.5; pronotum 3.8 mm.; no 

 caudal femora on this specimen. 



Female paratypes. — Six, Tseo Jia Geo, south of Suifu, Szechwan, Au- 

 gust 1929 (D. C. Graham). One, Chengtu, September 14-18, 1933, 

 1,700 feet (D. C. Graham; U.S.N.M.). One, Suifu, Szechwan, 1,000- 

 2,000 feet, September 20, 1929 (D. C. Graham; U.S.N.M.). Two, 



FiGUKE 157. — New Chinese Species of Xiphidiopsis Redtenbacher 



a-c, X. grahami: a, Male, holotype, from Mount Omei, Szechwan, lateral view; 

 b, dorsal view of right cercus of same; c, female, allotype, from same 

 _ locality, ventral view of subgenital plate. 



d, X. yachoivensis : Female, holotype, from near Yachow, Szechwan, ventral 



view of subgenital plate. 



e, X. emarginata: Female, holotype, from Tseo Jia Geo, south of Suifu, 



Szeclnvan, ventral view of subgenital plate. 



f,k, X. phyllocerca: f, Male, holotype, from Kwanhsien, Szechwan, lateral 

 view of genitalia; k, female, allotype, from same locality, ventral view 

 of subgenital plate. 



g,s, X. megafurcula: g, Male, holotype, from Maan Chi Shan, Kwang-tung, 

 lateral view of genitalia; s, female, allotype, from same locality, ventral 

 view of subgenital plate. 



h, i, X. spathulata: h, Male, holotype, from Shin Kai Si, Mount Omei, Szech- 

 wan, lateral view of genitalia; i, female, allotype, from Tseo Jia Geo, 

 south of Suifu, Szechwan, venti'al view of genital plate. 

 ;, X. kiveicJiowensis : Male, holotype, from Shih Men Kan, Kweichow, ven- 

 tral view of genitalia. 



Ir-n, X. gurneyi: I, Male, holotype, from Mount Omei, Szechwan, lateral view 

 of genitalia ; m, dorsal view of left cercus of same ; «, female, allotype, 

 from Si Gi Pin, Szechwan, ventral view of subgenital plate and eighth 

 abdominal sternite. 

 0, X. transversa: Female, holotype, from Shin Kai Si, Mount Omei, Szech- 

 wan, ventral view of subgenital plr'" and eighth abdominal sternite. 



p-^\ X. szechivanensis : p, Male, holotype. .'rom Suifu, Szechwan, lateral view 

 of genitalia; q, dorsal view of left circus of same; r, female, allotype, 

 from Shin Kai Si, Mount Omei, Szechwan, ventral view of subgenital 

 plate. 

 t, X. appendiculata : Female, holotype, from Tseo Jia Geo, south of Suifu, 

 Szechwan, ventral view of subgenital plate. 



