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terior and intermediate femora almost wholly black ; there is 

 also a longitudinal black spot on the mesopleura. 



( 9 ) . Very similar to the $ in color and structure, the main 

 differences ol)served being as follows : prosternal spines reduced 

 to pointed tubercles and the meso- and metasternal lobes more 

 broadly rounded ; the left anterior femora has but three vertical 

 teeth and the posterior femora have seven ventral teeth on one 

 leg and eight on the other, the basal ones scarcely more than 

 mere black tubercles ; the caudal geniculations of the posterior 

 femora are rounded and the corresponding ones of the inter- 

 mediate femora are less sharply spined than in the case of the 

 male. Cerci simple, about five times as long as broad, tapering 

 to a point and incurved ; supraanal plate mostly concealed in the 

 allotype but probably agrees with that of the paratypic female, 

 which is transverse and broadly rounded apically, slightly sul- 

 cate above ; subgenital plate apically notched ; ovipositor about 

 twice as long as the pronotum, broad at the base and tapering 

 gradually in a little more than the apical half to a point, the 

 margins almost smooth. Color about as in the opposite sex 

 but slightly less infuscated on the occiput ; ovipositor of a red- 

 dish cast apically. 



Measurements. — Length : pronotum, S , 5.5 mm., 9 , 6.5 

 mm. ; anterior femora, S , 8.5 mm., 9 , 10 mm. ; posterior 

 femora, S , 18 mm, 9 , 20 mm. ; tegmina, $ , 29 mm, 9 , 31 

 mm.; ovipositor, 15 mm. Width: pronotum posteriorly, $, 

 4: mm., 9 , 4.5 mm. ; tegmina at widest point, which is at about 

 the basal third, $ , 7.75 mm., 9 , 8 mm. ; posterior femora at 

 widest point, $ , 4 mm., 9 , 4.5 mm. ; ovipositor basally, 3.5 

 mm., mesially, 2.5 mm. 



Described from one S and two 9 9 . Type $ , March 18, 

 1006. Iconnicoff. Allotype, 9 , March 12, 1906, Iconnicofif. 

 Paratype, 9 , November 9, 1906. Iconnicoflf. 



Type and allotype in the collection of the U. S. National 

 Museum ; paratype in the collection of Iconnicofif. 



Cat. No. 21333, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



The paratype recorded above appears to be a stunted speci- 

 men, being somewhat smaller than the allotype. Besides the 

 difference in size this specimen shows the following differences : 



