946 CATALOGUE OF 



the fore pan o\ the vertex; front erect. Eyes round, very prominent. 

 Third joint of the maxillary palpi much lonj?er than the fourth ; fifth nearly 

 linear, much long-er than the third. Autennse slender, much longer than 

 the body. Prothorax finely rugulose, nearly flat in the disk, wiih two 

 transverse furrows, the fore one straight, the hinder one slightly curved ; 

 fore border rounded ; sides much rounded ; hind bolder nearly strai<:ht. 

 Prosternum with a long spine on each side; mesosiernum and metasternum 

 with a short spine on each side. Oviduct curved upward, as long as the 

 abdomen. Legs rather slender; four anterior femora with a single row of 

 six minute spines; hind femora with two rows of several minute spines 

 and with two apical spurs; four anterior tibiae with two rows of short and 

 slender spines ; hind tibice with four rows of minute spines. Fore wings 

 coriaceous, deflexed, extending to the tip of the abdomen. 



1. OCICA LUTl SCENS. 



Foem. Pallide lulea ; prothorax viridi quadrimaculatus ; alcB anticcB 

 margine anteriore nigro. 



Female. Pale luteous. Eyes fawn-colour, with a black stripe. Pro- 

 thorax with two green spots on each side, two near the fore border and two 

 on the hind border. Hind knees and tips of the spines black. Fore >\'ings 

 with a black inner border. Length of the body 12 lines. 



a. Ovalou, Fiji Isles. From the Voyage of H. M. S. ' Herald.' 



Genus 45. THYREONOTUS. 

 Thyreonotus, Serv. Hist. Orlh. 495. Fisch. Orth. Eur. 256. 



1. Thyreonotus corsicus. 

 Pterolepis Corsica, Rnmb Faune And. 60 — Thyreonotus corsicus, Serv. 

 Hist. Orth. 497—Fisih. Orth. Fur. 256. 



Corsica. 



2. Thyreonotus? dorsalis. 

 Ephippigera dorsalis ? Brulle, Exp. Sci. Marie, 89, pi. 29, f. 8. 

 Greece. 



3. Thyreonotus pachymerus. 

 Decticus pachymerus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 712— Thyreonotus pachy- 

 merus, Scud. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vii. 453. 

 United States. 



4. Thyreonotus dorsalis. 

 dorsalis. Scud. Journ. Bust. Soc. Nat. Hist. vii. 454. 

 United States. 



5. Thyreonotus semi^neus. 

 semiaeneus, Serv. Hist. Orth. 496. 

 Cape. 



