DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECJIES OF KATYDIDS 

 AND A NEW GENUS OF CRICKETS FROM COSTA RICA. 



By James A. G. Rehn, 



Of the Acadeiwi of Nat u nil Science)^ of l'Iula<li'Ij)]ii(i. 



The following new forms are contained in the collection of the U. S. 

 National Museum, and form part of the Schild and Burgdorf collec- 

 tion of Costa Rican insects. The author wishes to thank the officials 

 of the United States National Museum for the opportiniitv to study 

 this and othei' material from the collections under their charge. 



TURPILIA GRANDIS, new species. 



Type. — Female; San Carlos, CJosta Rica. (Schild and Burgdorf.) 

 [Cat. No. 9477, U.S.N.M.] 



Fig. 1.— Tfrpilia granhis. Lateral view of type. (x2.) 



Related to T. ohtumnguhi Brunner, hut differing in the longer and 

 much broader tegmina, the more curved ovipositor, and the shorter 

 caudal femora. In general appearance itclosel}' resembles T. punctata 

 Stal of the West Indies, but that species has the metastornal lobes 

 more produced and the ovipositor nnu'h larger. 



Size rather large; form stronglv compressed. Head with the occi- 

 put very slight! 3^ rounded; fastigium very narrow, compressed, very 

 narrowly sulcate e«cept at the apex, margins raised, thickened, and 



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