232 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Body stout. Head and piothorax very finely punctured. 

 Head as broad as the prothorax (exceptino^ the dilated disk of the latter), 

 with a slightly ascending spine between the eyes ; vertex slightly reticu- 

 lated ; front perpendicular. Eyes very prominent. Prulhorax bisellate, or 

 divided into three compartments ; first and second parts thinly luberculate, 

 dilated, attenuated and armed with slender spines on each side; third part 

 elevated, with spines along the hind border. Abdomen tapering, narrower 

 and much longer than the prothorax. Legs rather stout, moderately long ; 

 four anterior femora with stout, rather long spines, three rows of these on 

 the fore femora, two on the middle femora ; hind femora with two rows of 

 short slender spines; fore tibiae with a few spines in two rows; middle 

 tibiae with four rows of more numerous spines. 



This genus is most allied to the first section of Helrodes, 



1. Lesina lutescens. 



Mas. Pallide lutea ; prothorax nigra biviltatus et bimaevlatus, lateribus 

 bis dilalatis et quinquespinosis, maryine postico quadrispinoso. 



Male. Testaceous or pale luteous. Mandibles blackish. Eyes pale. 

 Each of the two anterior compartments of the prothorax armed with five 

 spines on each side ; middle part with two black stripes and two exterior 

 black spots in the disk; hind part much elevated, with four long spines. 

 Length of the body II lines. 

 a. Amboina. From M. Parzudaki's collection. 



Genus 30. CALLIMENUS. 



Locusta, ///. — Ephippiger, Lefebvre — Bradyporus, Charp. Hor. Ent. Lair. 

 Fisch. de Waldh. Ortli. Ross. 216. Serv. Orlh. 497. Blanch. Hist. 

 Nat. Ins. iii. 27— Callimenus, Steven, Fisch. de Waldh. A S. E. F. 

 ii. 318. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 676. Fisch. Orth. Eur. 203. 



1. Callimenus oniscus. 



Gryllus (Tettigonia) nympha, Sloll, Saut. et Gryll. pi. 11, f. 44 — Ephippiger 

 macrogaster, Lefeb. Guer. Mag. ZooL i. pi. 5, f. 1 — Bradyporus onis- 

 cus, Charp. Germ. Zeitsch. i. 2, .377 ; iii. 31 n, 74 ; Orth. pi. 7. Fisch. 

 de Waldh. Orlh. Ross. 217, ])1. 7, f. ], 2 — Bradyporus dasypus, Serv. 

 R,v. 67; Hist. Orth. 499. Brude. Exp. Moree. 88. Orth. pi. 29, f. 7. 

 Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 28 — Callimenus obesus, Steven, Fisch. de 

 Waldh. A. S. E. F ii. 318 — Callimenus oniscus, Burm. Handb. Ent. 

 ii. 677. Fisch. Orth. Eur. 202, pi. 11, f. 3. 



a. Turkey. From Dr. Frivaldsky's collection. 



b. Athens. Presented by — Merlin, Esq. 



c. South Europe. Presented by Mrs. Mauger. 



2. Callimenus restkictus. 



Bradyporus restrictus, Fisch. de Waldh. Orth. Ross. 219, pi 7, f. 3— Calli- 

 menus restrictus, Fisch. Orlh. Eur. 203 — oniscus ? 



South Russia. 



