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dusky bands on outer face and three on uj^per edge which 

 pass to the inner face : the lower sulcus dull testaceous ; hind 

 tibiae carneous or dull liesh color towards apex, becoming 

 lighter towards the base ; knee and apex of hind femora as 

 in the preceding sj^ecies. 



Length (female): of body :^1 mm, of pronotnm 4 mm, of 

 tegmina 1H.5 mm, of hind femora 11 mm. 



Found upon the eastern slopes of the Andes at Mendoza, 

 January L^7th. 



Fig. 14. — Eaphctrotettix conspersnti — female 



Eiiph'cfrofeftir Schn/zi n. sp. 



The body compressed, rather deep at mesothorax : occiput 

 short, sam« width as front edge of prothorax, the latter 

 slightly compressed from the sides; the lateral carinae 

 nearly as prominent as median in the male, parallel to last 

 transverse sulcus, from this point backward slightly diver- 

 gent : in the female converging to a little in front of last 

 transverse sulcus: j)osterior angle very obtuse; the hind 

 portion provided on sides with irregular transverse ridges. 

 Posterior femora extending slightly beyond the tip of abdo- 

 men in both sexes. Tegmina widest a little beyond the mid- 

 dle. Color variable, the general ground color being light 

 testaceous to brownish ferruginous, more or less regularly 

 streaked above and on the sides with black, the posterior 

 femora showing three well-detined dusky oblique bands on 

 outer face and across the upper margin, and internally. 

 Tegmina with a subcostal line of white or green, obliter- 

 ated in some specimens ; the discal field provided with rathm* 

 large regular dusky spots, these markings continuing almost 

 to the apex of the wing ; the upper and lower edges usually 

 more or less free from markings, though in some specimens 

 where the disk of the pronotum is marked along the inner 



