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CATALOGUE OF 



somewhat longer than the fore wings. Length of the body 6 lines ; expan- 

 sion of the fore wings 14 lines. 



a. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



New Zealand. 



30. XlFHIDIUM MaORICUM. 



FcEin. Viride ; vertex et prothorax vltta fusca Jlavo marginala ; capvt 

 cornu antico brevi rotiindato suhascendenle ; an tenn te f usees ^ basi 

 virides ; prothorax carinis lateraiibus nan determinatis, margine 

 postico subrolundato ; abdomen ferruijineum ; cerci nigri ; oviduclus 

 fuscus, abdomine longior ; pedes graciles, femoribus posticis tini- 

 seriatim spinulosis, tibiis qualuor anterioribus biseriatim spinosis^ 

 tibiis posticis quadriserialim spinulosis ; ala nntica pallide virides, 

 corpora longiores, siriga costuii nigra; alee. posliccB diaphuna, 

 longiores. Var. jS. — Teslaceum ; prulhoracis villa e lintis duabus 

 interruplis fuscis. 



Female. Grass-green. Prothorax and vertex of the head with a 

 brown stripe which is narrower towards the fore border of the prothorax 

 and is lanceolate on the vertex, and is bordered with pale yellow on 

 the outer side. Head with a slightly ascending rounded protuberance 

 between the anlennae. Eyes prominent. Anlenns brown, yreen at the 

 base. Prothorax much dilated and obtusely angular in the middle on each 

 side; lateral keels not defined ; hind border slightly rounded. iVJesoihorax, 

 meiathorax and abdoinen mostly ftrmginons. Cerci bbuk. Oviduct 

 brown, paler towards the tip, longer than the abdomen. Legs slender ; 

 hind femora with a single row of five very minute black spines; four ante- 

 rior tibiae with a (ew small spines on each side beneath; hind tibiap. with 

 numerous very minute spines in four rows. Fore wings pale green, longer 

 than the body, with a black streak along the basal part of the cosia. Hind 

 wings |)ellucid, longer than the fore wings. Var. /3.— Testaceous. Pro- 

 thorax with the stripe only indicated by two inlerrupled brown lines. 

 Length of the body 7^ lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



MaleP Grass-green, short, smooth, shining. Prothorax and vertex 

 of the head with a brown stripe which is forked bindward in the former. 

 Head slightly ascending, prominent and rounded between the antennae; 

 fore part oblique; front and face large, separated by a slight transverse 

 suture. Eyes brown, irregularly tessellated with testaceous, rather lar^e 

 and prominent. Anlennce testaceous, with numerous brown rings. Pro- 

 thorax partly testaceous in the disk, which has an irregular brown mark on 

 each side; lateral keels not defined; sides much dilated, obtusely anuular, 

 partly bordered with brown; hind border rounded. Abdomen whitish, 

 much longer than the prothorax, with a broad black stripe which occupies 

 the whole of the tip. Cerci black, rather long. Legs testaceous ; femora 

 minutely reddish-speckled; hind femora beneath with a line of four minute 

 black spines; four anterior tibiae with two rows of minute spines beneath ; 

 hind tibiae with two rows of numerous minute black spines beneath and 

 with a few of the same above, their apical spurs very short. Fore wings 

 pellucid, as long as the abdomen, with a black costal stripe along half the 



