[translated from Beier 1960]
13. Xiphophyllum unicolor n. sp.
Terra typica: Vilcanota, Peru (Typus: Nat.-Hist. Mus. Wien, Coll. Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nr. 23095, female)
D i a g n o s i s: Unicoloured light green, face, legs, and ventral side yellowish. Pronotum very densely and fairly delicately, but actutely granulated, the metazona 1.5 times as long as mesazona. Tegmina unicoloured light green, the M-Cu stem not blackened, the reticulation very dense, appearing almost as pitted [als narbige Punktatur erscheinend]; Rs originating far distal of middle. Alae somewhat yellowish white tinged, almost hyaline. Side lobes of metasternum obtuse. Hind femora ventro-basally with a norrow black longitudinal mark. Fore and middle femora with 4, hind femora with 9 spines, all spines only at the tip dark, the ones on the hind femora relatively long. Only the outer genicular lobes of the middle femora unarmed, all others with inward-curved spines. Middle tibiae with 2 little dorsal spinules. Supra-anal plate triangular, fairly pointed, the sides converging roundedly. Female subgenital plate triangular, terminally with small rounded incision, the two small end lobes pointed, the basis flanked by 2 relatively small and rounded callose sclerites. – Body length female 30 mm, pronotum length 7.5 mm, tegmina length 35 mm, width 10 mm, forefemora 12.5 mm, hind femora 22 mm, ovipositor length 18 mm, width 3.3 mm.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Peru.
