458 CATAr.OGUK OF 



3. Mecopoda rufa. 



Gryllus (Tettigonia) rufii, Sloll, Saut. et Grill, pi. 9, f. 37. 



It cannot be ascertained wlieiher the specimen here registered is 

 identical with the species figured by Sloll. 



a. Corea. Presented by (/apt. Sir E. Belcher. 



4. Mecopoda imperator. 



Macrolyristes iuijierator, Vollenhoven, Tijihchr. von Ent. 1865, 108, pi. 7. 

 Java. Borneo. 



Var. Foem. Fulva, suhlua lestacea ; vertex litura nigra quadrala signatus, 

 inter antennas transverse fastigiatus ; prolhorax disco piano, margine 

 aniico undulato, tnargine poslicn rolundalo ; oviducltn fere rectus, 

 abdomine niullo longior ; pedes gra dies, fetnoriius qunluor anteriori- 

 bus bispimtlosis, femoribus posticis biserialini spinulosis ; aUc anticcc 

 lata, subfalcatce, fuscescente plagialce, nigricante sexmaculatce ; alcB 

 pnslicte obscure cinerecp. 



Female. Tawny, dull, shining and testaceous beneath. Head 

 minutely punctured, a little broader than the Core border of the prolhorax ; 

 vertex with a black transverse subquadrate ringlet; space between the 

 antenna; broad, with a distinct transverse ridge. Eyes prominent, nearly 

 round. Fiiih joint of the maxillary palpi subelavate, furrowed towards the 

 tip on the inner side, more than twice the length of the fourth. Disk of 

 the prolhorax flat, widening hiiidward, with two transverse furrows, of 

 which the hinder one is curved; fore border undulating; hind border 

 rounded. Proslernum with two short spines. .Mc^osternum and ineta- 

 sternum deeply notched. Oviduct almost straight, much longer than the 

 abdomen. Legs long; spines minule; four anterior femora with two 

 spines in one row towards the tips; hind femora with two rows, lull two- 

 thirds of the length of the fore wings; four anterior libia? with two rows of 

 spines; hind tibise with four rows. Fore wings broad, sulilalcate, longer 

 by two lines than the hind wings; some of the areolels a little darker; six 

 blackish shining marks, of which four (the first and second very small) are 

 between the scapular vein and the externo-medial near the base, one in 

 the disk at two- thirds of the length, and one very near the inteiior border, 

 which is slightly excavated ; cosla slightly rounded ; exterior border oblique. 

 Hind wings dark cinereous. Length of the body 18 lines; expansion of 

 the fore wings 62 lines. 



a. Philippine Isles. From ^Ir. Cuming's collection. 



5. Mkcopoda platyphcea. 



Foem. Ferruginea ; vertex antice rugulosus et transverse fastigiatus; 

 labrutn albiduni ; palpi testacei ; antennce fusca, lestaceo antiulatce ; 

 prolhorax scuber, disco piano, jnargine antico fere recto, margine 

 poslico subrolundalo; uviductus vix arcuatus ; pedes graciles, femori- 

 bus anticis Irispinulosis, femoribus inlermediis inermibus, femoribus 



