476 CATALOGUE OF 



1. NOIA TESTACEA. 



Foetn, Teslacea ; ovidiictus apice el pedes nigra spinosi. 



Female. Testaceous. Disks of the eyes piceous. Spines of the ovi- 

 duct towards the lip black. Spines of the legs black. Length of the body 

 13 lines; expansion of the fore wings 24 lines. 



Hindostan. In Dr. Leith's collection. 



Genus LENCICA. 



Fcem. Corpus convexuin, glabrum, nileds, sat angustum, fere lineare. 

 Caput longiuscuium, cavinulis duai)us inter antennas connexis. Oculi 

 parvi, pyrifornies. Palpi niaxillares longi, graciles ; articulus 4iis 3o lon- 

 gior; 5as subclavalus, 4o paulio longior. Antennse longas, graciles. Pro- 

 thorax sat longiis, sulco traiisverso subarcuato, margine vix reflexo. Pro- 

 sternum bidentaium. Abdomen prothorace dn])lo longius, Oviductus 

 arcualus, abdominis dimidiopauUolongior. Pedes crassi; coxae unispinosae ; 

 tibiPB spinossB ; tarsi graciles. Aiae abortive. 



Female. Body convex, smooth, shining, rather narrow, nearly linear. 

 Head rather long, not broader ihan the prolhorax ; two slight ridges 

 between the eyes, connected in front; two slight ridges on each side 

 of the face; labrum moderately large. Eyes small, pear-shaped. 

 iMaxillary palpi long, slender; fourth joint longer than the third; fifth 

 subclavate, a little longer than the fourth. Antennffi long, slender. Pro- 

 thorax elongate, with a transverse middle slightly curved furrow; border 

 hardly reflexed ; sides almost straight. Prosternum bidentate ; mesosternum 

 angular on each side, notched in the middle; metasternum rounded on 

 each side, slijjhtly excavated in the middle. Ahdomen about twice the 

 length of the prothorax. Oviduct curved, a little more than half the length 

 of the abdomen. Legs thick; coxte with a sho.'t spine which is mo^t 

 distinct on the fore coxa; ; femora unarmed; fore tibiae with four rather 

 short spines on the outer sid-e, with three on the inner side and with one 

 above; middle tibiae with three rows of stout spines, from three to four in 

 each row; hind tibiae with five very stout spines on each side, and with 

 four long apical spines; tarsi slender; second joint very short. Wings 

 rudimentary. 



Allied to GryUacris. 



1. Lencica ferroginea. 



Foem. Ferruginea ; oviduclus apiccm versus piceus ; femora poslica 

 oblique subsulcala. 



Female. Ferruginous. Eyes livid. Oviduct piceous towards the tip. 

 Hind femora with slight oblique ridges on the outer side ; claws and spines 

 with black tips. Length of the body 17 lines. 



The wings of the specimen described are undeveloped. 



a. South America. Presented by Sir A. Callcott. 



Genus BANZA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Caput breve, cornu inter antennas brevi erecto 

 conico anlico unispinoso, antice latum. Oculi parvi, rotundi, valde 



