PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



issued i^.^vU Qy^ iy the 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Vol. 106 Washington : 1956 No. 3366 



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SOME CRICKETS FROM SOUTH AMERICA 

 (GRYLLOIDEA AND TRIDACTYLOIDEA) 



By LuciEN Chopard* 



Through the kindness of Dr. Ashley B. Gurncy, I have been able 

 to examine an important collection of Giylloidea and Tridactyloidea ^ 

 belonging to the U. S, National Museum. 



Three ma,in lots of specimens comprise the collection: 



1. Material collected in northwestern Bolivia by Dr. William M. 

 Mann in 1921-1922 while a member of the Mulford Biological Ex- 

 ploration of the Amazon Basin. A list of his headquarters stations 

 and a map of his itinerary are shown by Snyder (1926) and a popular 

 account of the expedition is given by MacCreagh (1926). 



2. Material taken at Pucallpa on the Rio Ucayali and at other 

 Peruvian locahties by Jos6 M. Schunke in 1948-1949 and obtained for 

 the U. S. National Museiun by Dr. Gurney. 



3. Material collected in 1949-1950 at Tingo Maria, Peril, and 

 nearby localities by Dr. Harry A. Allard, a retired botanist of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture who was engaged primarily in col- 

 lecting plants. 



All of the principal collecting sites represented by this material are 

 in the drainage of the Amazon River. Some 500 miles separate the 

 area worked over by Allard and Schunke from that where Mann 

 collected. 



A few Brazilian and Chilean specimens are also included. 



The following localities are represented: 



Bolivia: Blanca Flor; Cachuela Esperauza; Caiiamina; Cavinas; 

 Coroico; Covendo; Espia; Huachi; Ivon; Ixiamas; Lower Madidi 



'Of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paiis (MXHK). 

 2 For classification of the Orthoptera see Chopard (1940). 



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