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of the supra-anal plate. Furcula of the tenth segment well 

 developed. 



I have received a specimen from the Great Barrier Island. 

 In Canterbury it is found from sea-level to about 2,000 ft. or 

 3,000 ft. above the sea. On Mount Torlesse Mr. Cockayne 

 has obtained a variety which is olive-green above and yellow- 

 green below. It was found in company with typical speci- 

 mens. 



Genus Papkides. 



The subgenital plate in the female has a long subapical 

 point, which is hidden between the bases of the lower division 

 of the ovipositor, as iu Trigoniza. The genus is closely related 

 to Phaulacridium, but differs in having the frontal costa sul- 

 cate, the antennae thicker and with 23 or 24 jomts, as well 

 as in other points. In P. australis, P. furcifer, and P. nitidus 

 the margins of the fastigium meet in front and separate it from 

 the frontal costa ; but in P. torquatus and P. arviillaUcs this 

 is not the case, and the fastigium passes into the frontal costa, 

 as in the Melanopli. 



Artificial, Key to the Species. 



Anterior margin of the lobes of the pronotum yellow. 



Brownish-olive ; subgenital plate of ? two-toothed P. torquatus. 

 Green ; subgenital plate of ? three-toothed . . P. armillatus. 



Anterior margin of the lobes of the pronotum not yellow. 

 Vertex deiiexed ; prosternal tubercle truncate. 



Subgenital plate of ? three-toothed .. .. P. nitidus. 



Subgenital plate of ? two-toothed . . . . P. furcifer. 



Vertex hardly deflexed; prosternal tubercle rounded. 



Subgenital plate of ? three-toothed . . . . P. australis. 



Paprides australis. Plate II., fig. 5. 



Apex of the subgenital plate of the female pointed, and 

 with a small tooth at each side. 



Paprides nitidus. Plate II., fig. 4. 



Apex of the subgenital plate of the female truncated, with 

 three subequal teeth. 



Paprides furcifer, sp. nov. Plate II., figs. 3a-3c. 



Above green, either bright or dull, with pale-purplish lateral 

 stripes from the vertex to the tegmina, and on the upper sur- 

 faces of the hind femora ; also along each side of the abdomen. 

 Sides of the abdomen, below the pale band, fuscous. Lower 

 surface, both the sternum and the abdomen, greenish-yellow. 

 Hind tibiae uniform yellowish-orange. Apex of the subgenital 

 plate in the female notched in the middle, thus forming two 

 blunt teeth. Subgenital plate in the male not broader than 

 the abdomen, the apex rather acute, the lateral margins with 

 a single sinuation. Supra-anal plate in the male with the 



