288 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol. loe 



Legs yellowish brown mottled u-ith brown, pubescent. Anterior 

 tibiae rather strongly dilated at base, presenting a large long internal 

 auditory foramen. Posterior femora very long, feebly swollen, 

 presenting above three or four brown spots; tibiae armed with five 

 external, nine internal spines; denticulations at base and between 

 the spines very weak, scarcely visible among the abundant pubescence; 

 apical spm-s as usual in Aphonomorphus. Metatarsi short, armed 

 above with two external denticles, one internal denticle, apical spiu^ 

 very long. 



Elytra very long and narrow, light bro\\T^i with a few small browai 

 spots on the median vein; principal veins strongly oblique, feebly 

 visible in a rather close reticulation, formed of long areolae. Wings 

 extending rather strongly beyond the elytra, mottled with brown. 



Length of body 15.0 mm.; length ^dth w^ngs 27.0 mm.; pronotum 

 3.0 mm.; posterior femur 12.5 mm.; elytra 18.5 mm.; ovipositor 

 13.5 mm. 



Remarks: This species is remarkable by its slender general shape, 

 its long and narrow posterior femora, and the armature of the posterior 

 tibiae. 



Genus Podoscirtodes, new genus 



Descbiption: General aspect as in Aphonomorphus but somewhat 

 shorter, xinterior tibiae perforated on both faces, the external 

 tympanum oval in shape, the internal one elongate, nari'ow. Elytral 

 venation similar in both sexes, presenting no muTor in the male; 

 subcostal vein bearing four or five branches. Wings feebly overreach- 

 ing the elytra. 



Type of genus: Podoscirtus americanus Saussure, 1878. 



Genus Euaphonus Hebard, 1928 

 Euaphoniis peruvianus (Saussure) 



Figure (j,f,j,k 



Aphonus peruvianus Saussure, Mission scientifique au Mexique .... Recher- 

 ches zoologiques, pt. 6, section 1 (Orthopteres) , p. 511, 1874. 



Specimens examined: PERtJ: Chanchamayo, June 6, 1948 (IcT), 

 Sept. 12, 1948 (1 cf), Schunke; Pucallpa, Feb. 10, 1948 (1 cf), Schunke. 



Genus Paraphonus Hebard, 1928 



Paraphonus vicinus, new species 

 Figure &,l 



Types: Holotype: Male; Fundo Sinchono, about 40 miles south- 

 west of Pucallpa, Rio UcuyaU, Peru, Aug. 24, 1947, Schunke (USNM 



