228 CATALOGUE OB^ 



The less tuberculate abdomen, the shorter oviduct and the fewer spines 

 on the hind tibiae distinguish it from H. pupa. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



6. Hetrodes macrurus. 



Foem. Testaceus ; caput unispinosum^ vertice scabro, fronte transverse 

 suhiiliter rugulosa ; pruthorax^ scaber, anlice octodecim spinosus^ 

 poslice duodecim spitiosus ; abdomen guinqueseriatim spinulosum ; 

 oviductus corpore cequilongus ; pedes robusti, spinosi. 



Female. Testaceous. Head scabrous above, transversely and finely 

 rugulose in front; a short oblique spine between the eyes. Prolhorax 

 scabrous; fore part with four spines on the hind part of the disk, with four 

 in front and with five on each side, the hindmost on each side very small : 

 hind part with two spines on the hind border, and with five on each side, 

 the lateral spines successively increasing in size towards the fore part. 

 Abdomen with five rows of spints, the middle spines and those in the 

 second row on each side larger than the others. Oviduct as long as the 

 body. Legs stout; four anterior femora with one spine on each side near 

 the tip, these spines hardly apparent in the fore femora; hind femora with 

 four spines above, with two on the outer side beneath and with three on 

 the inner side, the first on the inner side very small; four anterior tibiae 

 much like those of H. pupa ; hind libiaB with five spines on the outer side 

 and with six on the inner side. Length of the body 18 lines. 



The longer oviduct distinguishes it from H. pupa and from H. pro- 

 ductus. 



Group 2. 



7. Hetrodes Petersii. 



Pelersii, Schaum^ Monats. BeiL Acad. 1853, 777. 



Mozambique. 



a — d. East Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 

 €. East Africa. Presented by Capl. Spt-ke. 



8. Hetrodes militaris. 



militaris. White, Methuens Wanderings in the Wilderness, Appendix. 



a, b. South Africa, near the Tropic of Capricorn. From Mr. Pearson's 

 collection. 



9. Hetrodes cervinus. 



Locusta (Hetrodes) cerviua, Kbjg, Haan, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. 

 Ins. 183. 



Cape. 



10. Hetrodes diademata. 



diademata, StaU Of v. K. V. Ak. Fork. xv. 308. 



South Africa. 



