CRICKETS — CHOPARD 291 



domiiial extremity. Ninth tergite presenting in the middle of the 

 posterior margin a narrow notch, the margins of which are elevated 

 in the shape of a small acute tubercle; process of the 10th tergite 

 rather short, divided into two diverging lobes ; apex of the subgenital 

 plate notched, each margin presenting six small teeth, median part 

 dilated in a small projecting plate. Median tibiae of the same shape 

 as in the preceding species but a little longer. 

 Totval length 7.5 mm. 



Rhipipteryx femoratus, new species 



Figure 6,p,q 



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

 west of Pucallpa, Rio Ucuyali, Peru, Aug. 9, 1947, Schunke (USNM 

 62097). Allotype: Same locality as holot>^)e, Aug. 28, 1947, Schunke 

 (9) (USNM). Parat3^pes: Chanchamayo, Peril, Jan. 27, 1949 (Ic^), 

 Apr. 26, 1948 (19), Schunke; Fundo Sinchono, about 40 miles south- 

 west of Pucallpa, Rio Ucuyali, Peru, Aug. 25, 1947 (19) Schunke; 

 Pucallpa, Peru, July 31, 1947 (Id^), Schunke (USNM). 



Male: Very close to both preceding species in the general shape 

 and coloration. Antennae with joints 2 to 6 presenting above a large 

 j-ellow spot; last joint almost completely yellow, preceding joint black. 

 Pronotum with rather wide, regular yellow lateral band; disk pre- 

 senting a small median yellow spot. Anterior femora strongly curved 

 and presenting at apex of the inferointernal margin a large, yellow, 

 rounded lobe, which is feebly denticulated at base. Median femora 

 long and slender, compressed, wholly black; tibiae also long and com- 

 pressed, of normal shape, furrowed in the middle. Abdomen with 9th 

 tergite presenting in the middle a small rounded notch; epiproct very 

 large, fiat, ogive-shaped; 10th tergite presenting only very small lateral 

 processes; process of the paraprocts extending a little farther than the 

 subgenital plate, compressed, somewhat enlarged and rounded at apex. 

 Subgenital plate ending in two small diverging lobes, armed with five 

 or six bristles. 



Female: Similar to the male but the anterior femora scarcely en- 

 larged at apex. Subgenital plate subacute. 



Dimensions: Total length, cf 8.0 mm., 9 6.8 mm. 



Remarks: The male of this species is quite different from the pre- 

 ceding species in the shape of the anterior legs. 



Rhipipteryx schunkei, new species 



Figure 6,r 



Types: Holotype: Male; Chanchamxayo, Peril, elevation 1,200 

 meters, Apr. 24, 1948, Schunke (USNM 62098). Allotype: Same 



