HuTTON. — On New Zealand AcrididaB. 47 



apex rounded, and notched on each side ; cerci short, not pro- 

 jecting beyond the apex of the plate. Furcula of the tenth 

 segment not well marked. 



Length, <? 18 mm., 5 26 mm.; of pronotum, ^ 4^ ram., 

 2 6 mm.; of hind femur, <? 11mm., $ 14^ mm. 



LocaliUj. — Mount Torlesse (A. Cockayne), and Hill's Peak, 

 near Arthur's Pass (L. Cockayne). 3,000 ft. co 4,200 ft. 



This species closely resembles P. nitidus, but differs from it 

 in the shape of the subgenital plate of the female, and the 

 frontal costa does not project so much in front of the antennae. 

 Mr. L. Cockayne informs me that it is sometimes semi-aquatic 

 in habit. He saw numbers round a tarn on Hill's Peak, either 

 basking on Donatia at the margin, or on the water itself. 

 They swim on the surface with great rapidity, using their 

 hind legs. 



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Paprides torquatus, sp. nov. Plate II., fig. 6. 



Vertex slightly rugulose, without any median keel, much 

 deflexed in front, and passing into the frontal costa, the 

 margins of the fastigium not meeting. Frontal costa pro- 

 duced in front of the base of the antennae to a distance 

 about equal to the breadth of the eye. Antennae in the 

 male slightly clavate. Anterior sulcus of the pronotum not 

 extending completely across the disc. Prosternal tubercle 

 rounded at the apex. Subgenital plate of the female notched 

 at the apex, thus forming two blunt teeth ; supra-anal plate 

 broad, rounded at the apex. Subgenital plate in the male 

 with the apex rounded, the lateral margins not sinuated. 

 Supra-anal plate in the male triangular, the apex acute. 

 Furcula of the tenth segment obsolete. 



Colours. — Brownish-olive, marked with black. The an- 

 terior margin of the pronotum on each side with a narrow 

 yellow band, immediately behind which is a broad black 

 mark; disc of the pronotum and vertex purplish-brown. A 

 lateral stripe on each of the tegmina brownish-yellow. Hind 

 femora with three dark transverse bands, their under-surfaces 

 rosy-red. Hind tibiae rosy-red, with a broad yellow transverse 

 band near the proximal end, which is margined on each side 

 with black. Spines black. These colours are from fresh 

 specimens. 



Length, <? 18 ram., 5 29 mm. ; of pronotum, J 4 mm., 

 2 7 mm.; of hind femur, ^ 12mm, $ 18mm. 



Locality.— 'M.ou.nt Torlesse, Canterbury, at elevations of 

 about 4,000 ft.; among Dracophyllum (A. Cockayne). 



Paprides armillatus, sp. nov. Plate II., fig. 7. 



Like P. torquatus, but the anterior transverse suture of 

 the pronotum is obhterated. The prosternal tubercle trun- 



