﻿NO. 
  1949. 
  YALE 
  PERUVIAN 
  EXPEDITION, 
  ORTHOPTERA—BRVNER. 
  179 
  

  

  ocellus. 
  Antennae 
  slightly 
  flattened, 
  only 
  reaching 
  the 
  last 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  sulcus 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum. 
  The 
  latter 
  a 
  little 
  constricted 
  laterally 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinas 
  prominent, 
  continuous 
  strongly 
  

   arcuate, 
  approachmg 
  most 
  closely 
  at 
  the 
  anterior 
  transverse 
  sulcus; 
  

   median 
  carina 
  prominent 
  throughout, 
  cut 
  at 
  middle 
  by 
  the 
  last 
  sulcus; 
  

   anterior 
  margin 
  straight, 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  broadly 
  angulate; 
  

   lateral 
  lobes 
  mor.e 
  or 
  less 
  longitudinally 
  rugose, 
  the 
  hind 
  lobe 
  coarsely 
  

   punctulate. 
  Tegmina 
  abbreviated, 
  lateral, 
  acuminate, 
  their 
  costal 
  

   margin 
  roundly 
  expanding 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  mode- 
  

   rately 
  robust, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  10-spined 
  externally, 
  

   the 
  inner 
  apical 
  spurs 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  outer 
  ones, 
  unequal 
  in 
  

   size. 
  

  

  General 
  color 
  varying 
  from 
  pale 
  green 
  to 
  dull 
  wood 
  brown. 
  Marked 
  

   on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  head, 
  pronotum 
  and 
  tegmina 
  much 
  as 
  is 
  Meloscirtus 
  

   austrdlis. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  without 
  definite 
  fuscous 
  markings 
  across 
  the 
  

   upper 
  edge 
  and 
  outer 
  disk. 
  The 
  inner 
  disk 
  somewhat 
  varied 
  with 
  

   piceous, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  outer 
  disk 
  evenly 
  embrowned. 
  

   Tegmina 
  faintly 
  conspersed 
  with 
  fuscous 
  and 
  provided 
  mth 
  a 
  lanceo- 
  

   late 
  subcostal 
  pale 
  stripe 
  that 
  extends 
  fully 
  three-fifths 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  

   the 
  \ving. 
  Lower 
  side 
  of 
  body 
  pallid; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  vinaceous 
  red. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  female, 
  21-23 
  mm.; 
  of 
  pronotum, 
  4.35 
  mm.; 
  of 
  

   tegmina, 
  7 
  mm.; 
  of 
  hind 
  femora, 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  There 
  are 
  four 
  female 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  locust 
  at 
  hand. 
  

   They 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  July 
  at 
  Cuzco, 
  Peru, 
  11,500 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level, 
  

   where 
  the 
  insect 
  fauna 
  undoubted^ 
  is 
  strongly 
  boreal 
  in 
  its 
  make-up. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Female. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  15040, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Family 
  LOCUSTIDiE 
  (OEDIPODIN^). 
  

  

  TRIMEROTROPIS 
  OCHRACEIPENNIS 
  Blanchard. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  Oedipodine 
  locust 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  studied 
  is 
  

   referred 
  to 
  Blanchard's 
  ocJiraceipennis. 
  The 
  nine 
  specimens 
  at 
  hand 
  

   were 
  taken 
  at 
  Cuzco, 
  where 
  the 
  elevation 
  is 
  recorded 
  as 
  11,500 
  feet. 
  

   Both 
  sexes 
  are 
  represented. 
  They 
  show 
  but 
  little 
  variation 
  in 
  mark- 
  

   ings 
  and 
  size. 
  

  

  Family 
  OIVGVIEXICHID^ 
  . 
  

  

  OMMEXECHA 
  BRUNNERI 
  Bolivar. 
  

  

  Four 
  specimens 
  belonging 
  to 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  referred 
  to 
  Bolivar's 
  

   hrunneri. 
  They 
  were 
  taken, 
  one 
  male 
  at 
  Huadquina, 
  two 
  females 
  at 
  

   San 
  Miguel, 
  and 
  the 
  fourth 
  at 
  Torontoy, 
  the 
  latter 
  having 
  an 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  7,000 
  feet. 
  All 
  these 
  specimens 
  were 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  

   part 
  of 
  July. 
  

  

  CUMAINOCLOIDUS, 
  new 
  genus. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  genus 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  an 
  apterous 
  or 
  subapterous 
  locust 
  

   A\dth 
  a 
  slightly 
  compressed 
  and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  rugose 
  body, 
  having 
  

  

  