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Coloration. — Uniformly pale foliage green in life, testaceous when 

 poorly preserved. Spines of the foretibiae somewhat infumate as is 

 also the drum of the tympanum. 



Paratype. — One female, Beh Luh Din, 30 miles north of Chengtu, 

 Szechwan, 6,000 feet, September 20-28, 1934 (D. C. Graham; U. S. 

 N. M.). Measurements in millimeters: Body length 10.0; length to 

 tip of tegmina 19.5; length to wing tips 20.0; pronotum 3.2; hindfem- 

 ora 9.0: ovipositor 8.0. Closely similar to the holotype and deposited 

 in the Tinkham collection. 



XIPHIDIOPSIS SINENSIS, new species 



A moderately large species, known only in the female sex, that is 

 recognized by its uniform coloration, narrow lateral stripes on the 

 pronotum extending to the inner angle of the eyes, rounded subgenital 

 pl-ate. and constricted eighth abdominal sternite. These characters 

 separate this new species from X gurneyi and other known species. 

 Relationships, until the male is discovered, are uncertain. 



Holotype. — Female, Shin Kai Si, Mount Omei, Si-^echwan. 4.400 feet, 

 August 20. 1934 (D. C. Graham). Measurements in millimeters : Body 

 length 9.5; length to ovipositor tip 17.0; length to wing tips 26.0; 

 length to' tips of tegmina 25.0; pronotum 4.0 by 2.0; hindfemora 11.5; 

 ovipositor 7.5. U. S. N. M. No. 56303. 



Description. — Size moderately large and form typical of the genus. 

 Head broader than deep ; eyes subcircular and subglobular. Dorsum 

 of the pronotum rather broad : anterior margin gently convex ; pos- 

 terior margin hyperbolically rounded; lateral lobes broader than 

 deep. Tegmina and wings far surpassing the apices of the caudal 

 femora and tip of the ovipositor. Leg spination as follows: Forelegs 

 with forefemora unarmed; foretibiae with five pairs of very large 

 spines and a minute apical pair. Middle legs with mesofemora un- 

 armed ; mesotibiae with five smaller pairs of spines and a minute apical 

 pair. Caudal femora unarmed; caudal tibiae with 30 or 31 external 

 and 28-30 internal short dorsal teeth and 12 external and 3 internal 

 apical ventral spines. Ovipositor short, heav}^, moderately recurved 

 in the apical half, 7.3 mm. long. Subgenital plate moderately large 

 and broadly rounded. Eighth abdominal sternite constricted in the 

 center to hourglass shape. 



Coloration. — Testaceous, foliage green in life, with dark brown 

 lateral stripes running from the inner margin of the eye to the 

 posterior margin of the pronotum, the dorsal areas of the pronotum 

 between the stripes yellow-brown. 



Paratypes. — Three females, near ^Mupin. Szechwan. July 1929 (D. 

 C. Graham: U. S. N. M.). One female, Shin Kai Si, Mount Omei, 

 Szechwan. 4,400 feet. August 4-6, 1929 (D. C. Graham: U. S. N. M.). 

 One female, Mount Omei, Baian-Kara-I'^la "Range, 4,500 feet, August 



