264 CATALOGUE OF 



keels slightly defined. Abdomen lanceolate, more than twice the length of 

 the prolhoiax, with two very incomplete brown stripes. Cerci lanceolate, 

 moderately long. Oviduct hardly curved, a little longer than the abd(5raen. 

 Legs moderately long and slender; hind femora and four anterior tibiae 

 with a few very;short and slender spines on each side beneath; hind tibiae 

 with four i'ows of numerous minute spines and with very short apical spurs. 

 Fore wings nearly half the length of the abdomen, with a blackish costal 

 stripe. Length of the body 7^ lines. 



a. Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



Country unknown. 



37. Decticus tkontalis. 



Fcem. Viridis, luteo varius ; caput prothorace paullo latius, cornu 

 anlico brevi porrecto rotundulo sulcata, fronte magna, clypeo luteo, 

 labro Jlavescetite albo ; antennce picece, basi pallida; prothorax 

 aspere punctatus, carinis lateralibus bene determinatis, lateribus 

 pallide luteis subrejiexis, margine postico recto ; abdomen e plagis 

 fuscis luteo submarginatis quadrivittatum ; oviductus fiilvus, sub- 

 arcuatus, apice niger, corpore vix brevior ; pedes femoribus anlicis 

 trispinosis,femoribusposticis tibiisque quatuor anterioribus biseriatim 

 spinosis,illis viltis duabus macularibus albidis, tibiis posticis quadri- 

 seriatim spinosis ; aUe anticce cinerece, vilta costali alba fusco 

 plagiata, villa discoidali viridi ; al<s posticce diaphance, fasciis 

 plurimis fuscis. 



Female. Green, partly luteous, smooth, shining. Head a little 

 broader than the proihorax, with a little porrect, rounded, furrowed pro- 

 tuberance between the antennae; front large, erect; clypeus luteous; 

 labrum large, yellowish white. Eyes round, slightly prominent. Fourth 

 joint of the maxillary palpi longer than the third ; fifih longer than the 

 fourth. Antennae piceous ; pale towards the base. Prothorax roughly 

 punctured, with distinctly marked lateral keels; sides much rounded, pale 

 luteous and slightly reflexed ; hind border straight, hardly elevated. 

 Sternum with two spines on each division. Mesothorax and metathorax 

 blackish. Abdomen with four stripes of brown patches, which are partly 

 bordered with pale luteous. Oviduct tawny, slightly curved upward, black 

 at the tip, nearly as long as the body. Fore coxae with the usual spines ; 

 fore femora with three very minute spines; middle femora unarmed; hind 

 femora with twelve minute spines on one side and with two on the other side, 

 and with a whitish slripe on each side composed of spots ; four exterior tibiae 

 with six spines on each side and with two above; hind tibiae with four rows 

 of spines. Fore wings cinereous, with a green stripe in the disk and with 

 a white costal stripe, the latter including a row of brown patches which are 

 intersected by ramose white veins. Hind wings pellucid, with numerous 

 mostly irregular brown bands v\hich include the black transverse veins; 

 costal veins green. Length of the body 14 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 30 lines. 



