LOCUSTID.E. 277 



length from ihe base; veins pale testaceous. Length of the body 

 6 lines. ^ 



o, b. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



c. New Zealand. Presenied by the Kev. W. Colenso. 



Oceania. 



31. XiPHIDIUM OCEANICUM. 



ocean icum, Le Guil. Rev. ZooL 1841, 293. 

 Hamoa. 



32. XiPHIDIUM TEFVITTATUM. 



trivittatum, Stal, Eug. Resa, 323. 

 Isle Tahiti. 



Country unknown. 



33. XiPHIDIUM VALIDUM. 



Fcem. Viride ; caput villa fusca nigricanle marginata palporum arli- 

 culus 3ms 4o perparum longior ; dus 4o sat longior ; antenna 

 picecE ; prnthorax villa lata teslacea lineus duas nigras includente 

 poslire abbreviala ; abdominis dorsum testaceum ; oviductus fulvns, 

 vulde arcuulus, abdomine longior ; libice supra fuscescentes ; alee 

 diaphance ; ala anliccB vitta postica lurida, alee posticce perpaullo 

 longiores. 



Female. Grass-green, in structure like X. fuscum. Head with a 

 brown stripe wideniui^ from between the eyes to the bind border and 

 hindered with blackish. Eyes testaceous, prominent, slightly elliptical. 

 Third joint of the maxillary palpi very lillle longer than the fourth; fifih 

 rather longer than ihe third. Antennaj piceous, leslaceous at the base. 

 Prothorax with a broad testaceous snipe which is much ablireviated towards 

 the hind border and includes two black stripes. Abdomen testaceous above. 

 Cerci green. Oviduct tawny, much curved, rather longer than the abdo- 

 men. Tibiae brownish above; tips of the four anterior tibiae pale green. 

 Wings pellucid; veins green. Fore wings with a lurid stripe beyond the 

 middle along the interior l)order. Hind wings very little longer than the 

 fore wings. Length of the body 8 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 19 lines. 



This species is somewhat stouter than X. fuscum^ and the oviduct is 

 more curved. 



a. — ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Genus 6L LETANA. 



Mas. Corpus lineare, graciliimum. Caput prothorace vix angustius, 

 inter antennaii subcarinaium ; frons erecta. Oculi magni, brevi-elliptici, 

 valde glohosi. Palptirum ariiculus 3us 4o multo longior. Antennas 

 giacilliinae, corpore duplo longiores. Prothorax dorso piano, sulco longi- 

 tudinali sulcisque duabus trausversis, lateribus margineque postico sub- 

 rotundatis. Sexualia maximum. Cerci cylindrici, longissimi, basi incrassati. 



