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  I'ROCEEDINaS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol. 
  44. 
  

  

  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  females 
  they 
  fall 
  distinctly 
  

   short 
  of 
  it 
  ; 
  otherwise 
  they 
  are 
  similar, 
  

  

  BLATTA 
  TINCOCHACA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  The 
  smallest 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  known 
  to 
  me. 
  Head 
  

   moderately 
  exposed, 
  the 
  eyes 
  small 
  and 
  wide 
  apart 
  and 
  very 
  incon- 
  

   spicuous, 
  the 
  interocular 
  space 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  space 
  

   between 
  the 
  antenna3; 
  ocelli 
  scarcely 
  noticeable; 
  terminal 
  segment 
  

   of 
  the 
  palpi 
  swollen 
  basally, 
  tapered 
  apically. 
  Pronotum 
  truncate 
  

   posteriorly, 
  anteriorly 
  subtruncate 
  above 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  then, 
  together 
  

   with 
  the 
  sides, 
  rounded. 
  Legs 
  moderately 
  stout, 
  the 
  fore 
  femora 
  

   scarcely 
  spined 
  beneath, 
  but 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  hind 
  ones 
  quite 
  strongly 
  

   spined, 
  the 
  spines 
  few 
  in 
  number; 
  arolia 
  between 
  the 
  tarsal 
  claws 
  

   small 
  but 
  distinct. 
  Wings 
  rudimentary; 
  elytra 
  short, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  pronotum 
  and 
  posteriorly 
  very 
  broadly 
  rounded, 
  almost 
  trun- 
  

   cate, 
  dorsally 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  space 
  equal 
  to 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  the 
  

   width 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  them. 
  Abdomen 
  short 
  and 
  broad, 
  the 
  supraanal 
  

   plate 
  broadly 
  triangidar, 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  apically 
  

   entire; 
  subgcnital 
  plate 
  valvular 
  as 
  in 
  Blatta 
  orientalis 
  except 
  the 
  

   slit 
  is 
  more 
  apical, 
  extending 
  a 
  lesser 
  distance 
  toward 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  General 
  color 
  black, 
  the 
  legs 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  with 
  the 
  femora 
  and 
  

   tibiae 
  black 
  at 
  each 
  end 
  and 
  the 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  blackish; 
  the 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  lighter 
  below 
  than 
  above 
  and 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  seg- 
  

   ments, 
  especially 
  beneath, 
  are 
  obscurely 
  yellowish; 
  pronotum 
  and 
  

   costal 
  margin 
  of 
  elytra 
  yellowish, 
  about 
  one-fouith 
  of 
  the 
  elytral 
  

   width 
  occupied 
  by 
  this 
  yellowish 
  margin 
  ; 
  head 
  entirely 
  black 
  except 
  

   a 
  lightish 
  tinge 
  about 
  the 
  mouth 
  parts, 
  the 
  eyes 
  and 
  vertex 
  uniformly 
  

   black, 
  the 
  eyes 
  very 
  inconspicuous; 
  antennae 
  dark 
  brown, 
  nearly 
  

   black, 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  growing 
  yellowish. 
  

  

  Length, 
  entire 
  from 
  front 
  of 
  head 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  abdomen 
  exclusive 
  of 
  

   cerci, 
  6,5 
  mm,; 
  width 
  across 
  widest 
  part 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  about 
  3.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type 
  and 
  paratype. 
  — 
  Two 
  females, 
  Tincoehaca, 
  August 
  8, 
  altitude 
  

   7,000 
  feet. 
  Cat, 
  No, 
  15049, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  OXYCERCUS 
  PERUVLANUS 
  Bolivar. 
  

  

  One 
  female, 
  Torontoy, 
  July 
  22, 
  8,000 
  feet 
  altitude. 
  

  

  DASYPOSOMA 
  NIGRA 
  Bruner. 
  

  

  Five 
  female 
  specimens 
  ranging 
  from 
  apparently 
  full 
  grown 
  to 
  one 
  

   less 
  than 
  one-half 
  inch 
  long. 
  All 
  from 
  Urubama, 
  Peru, 
  July 
  11, 
  

   9,500 
  feet 
  altitude. 
  

  

  Family 
  PHASMIDi?:, 
  

  

  AUTOLYCA 
  TRANSVERSATA. 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  A. 
  picturata 
  Redtenbacher 
  and 
  runs 
  to 
  that 
  species 
  in 
  

   the 
  table 
  of 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  that 
  author.* 
  The 
  posteriorly 
  

  

  • 
  Ins. 
  Fam. 
  Phasm., 
  p. 
  95. 
  1908. 
  

  

  