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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol. 
  44. 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  just 
  back 
  of 
  its 
  middle, 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  is 
  

   very 
  gently 
  expanded 
  and 
  rounded. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  slender, 
  short, 
  

   the 
  carinas 
  not 
  conspicuous 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  also 
  slender, 
  8 
  or 
  9 
  spined 
  on 
  

   both 
  edges. 
  Supra-anal 
  plate 
  of 
  female 
  elongate 
  triangular, 
  its 
  apex 
  

   reaching 
  one-third 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  valves 
  of 
  the 
  ovipositor; 
  

   last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  of 
  male 
  abdomen 
  lanceolate, 
  tricarinate, 
  about 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  rostrum 
  of 
  the 
  vertex, 
  its 
  apex 
  deeply 
  emarginate. 
  

  

  General 
  color 
  pale 
  brunneo-testaceous 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  longitudinally 
  

   trivittate 
  wdth 
  dull 
  olive 
  above, 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  uniformly 
  olivaceous 
  above 
  

   and 
  testaceous 
  beneath. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  45 
  mm., 
  female, 
  62 
  mm. 
  ; 
  of 
  head, 
  male, 
  

   9 
  mm., 
  female, 
  11 
  mm.; 
  of 
  rostrum, 
  male, 
  5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  6mm.; 
  of 
  

   pronotum, 
  male, 
  7 
  mm., 
  female, 
  9.5 
  mm.; 
  of 
  hind 
  femora, 
  male, 
  15 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  19 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  male, 
  three 
  females, 
  two 
  nymphs, 
  Cuzco, 
  July 
  6-12, 
  11,500 
  feet 
  

   altitude; 
  one 
  nymph, 
  Ollantartambo, 
  July 
  21, 
  9,000 
  feet 
  altitude. 
  

  

  Ty^e.— 
  Female, 
  July 
  6. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  15039, 
  U.S.N.M- 
  

  

  Family 
  TRYXALIDiE. 
  

  

  ORPHULELLA 
  PUNCTATA 
  De 
  Geer. 
  

  

  Several 
  specimens 
  from 
  Santa 
  Anna, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  3,000 
  feet 
  

   and 
  a 
  single 
  one 
  from 
  Huadquina, 
  the 
  latter 
  at 
  5,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  

   level. 
  

  

  These 
  insects 
  are 
  somewhat 
  variable, 
  but 
  run 
  to 
  punctata 
  by 
  the 
  

   various 
  synoptic 
  keys. 
  

  

  ORPHULELLA 
  INTRICATA 
  Stil? 
  

  

  Other 
  specimens 
  of 
  an 
  OrphuleUa 
  coming 
  from 
  San 
  Mguel 
  and 
  

   Paltaybamba 
  fall 
  nearer 
  to 
  Stal's 
  intricata 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  distantly 
  

   removed 
  from 
  punctata. 
  The 
  altitude 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  locality 
  is 
  given 
  

   as 
  5,000 
  and 
  the 
  former 
  as 
  6,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  MELOSCIRTUS 
  MONTANUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to, 
  but 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  robust 
  than, 
  Meloscirtus 
  

   australis 
  Bruner 
  from 
  Paraguay. 
  Possibly 
  quite 
  variable 
  in 
  color, 
  

   but 
  without 
  fuscous 
  bands 
  or 
  maculation 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  femora. 
  

  

  Head 
  moderately 
  large, 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  front 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum. 
  

   Eyes 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  anterior 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  cheeks 
  immediately 
  

   below 
  them, 
  separated 
  above 
  by 
  a 
  space 
  one-half 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  

   frontal 
  costa 
  between 
  the 
  antennae, 
  the 
  fastigium 
  noticeably 
  but 
  

   shallowly 
  sulcate, 
  its 
  antero-lateral 
  carinae 
  meeting 
  in 
  front 
  in 
  a 
  right 
  

   angle, 
  the 
  lateral 
  foveolae 
  very 
  plainly 
  visible 
  from 
  above, 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  

   than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  quadrangular. 
  Frontal 
  costa 
  prominent, 
  

   widening 
  almost 
  evenly 
  downwards 
  and 
  reaching 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  not 
  

   at 
  all 
  or 
  scarcely 
  sulcate, 
  coarsely 
  punctulate 
  at 
  sides 
  above 
  the 
  

  

  