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by a pale reddish line and a well-defined lateral keel; fore liorder and sides 

 nearly straight; hind border slighily rounded. JMesosteriuini and uieta- 

 slernuni notched. Cerci slender, curved. Legs long, slender; femora un- 

 armed; tibice with very minuie spines. Fore wiugs narrow, shorter by one 

 line and a half than the hind wings; space between the anal vein and the 

 hind border tawny, with a piceous patch, whitish at the base ; hind border 

 tawny ; structure'ol the veins like that of P.falcata and of P. anguslifolia ; 

 large aieolets not clearly defined, mostly irregular. Hind wings pellucid, 

 with a broad apical green streak ; veins white. Length of the body 8 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 26 lines, 

 a. King George's Sound. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 



57. Phaxeropteea congeua. 



Mas. Viridis, gracilis ; caput anlice albidum ; oculi fusci, ovati.promi- 



nuli ; prothoracis carince laterales vix detenninata ; sternum 



incisum ; cerci graciles, arcnati ; pedes graciles, femoribus tibiisque 



spimdosis; alee anticce margine postico fulvo, tympano nullo ; alee 



posticcB diaphance, pluga apicali viridi. 



Male. Grass-green, smooth, slender. Head with the usual structure; 



fore part whitish, shining. Eyes brown, oval, prominent. Antennae long, 



slender. Proihorax with a flat disk which widens very slightly hindward ; 



lateral keels slightly defined ; fore border slightly excavated ; sides rc.unded ; 



hind border sliyhtly rounded. Sternum notched in each part. Cerci and 



inferior appendages curved, slender, lanceolate. Legs slender ; femora and 



libite with minute spines; hind femora incrassated for half the length from 



the base; fore tibice slightly dilated al the base. Fore wings narrow, 



shorter by one line and a half than the hind wini;s ; hind border tawny; 



large areolets well defined, generally regular. Hind winjrs pellucid, with 



a g'l-een apical patch; veins pale green. Length of the body S^ lines; 



expansion of the fore wings 28 lines. 



The large areolets of the fore wings are more clearly defined and 

 generally more regular than those of P. glaucescens ; it differs especially 

 from that species in having no tympanum. 

 a. New South Wales. Presented by Dr. Sincl 



lair. 



58. Phaneroptera subroseata. 



Fcem. Viridis, gracilis ; caput carimila f areata rosea, labro albo ; oculi 



tpstacei, ellipiici, protninuli; antennae festacecp ; prothorax ochraceo 



bivittatus ; carinis laleralibus bene determinatis ; sternum incisum ; 



oviductus abdominis dimidin brevior ; pedes longiusculi, sat graciles, 



tibiis quatuor anterioribus femoribusque spinulosis, tibiis posticis 



spinosis ; alee anticce sat angustcs, margine postico teslaceo ; alee 



pnstic(B diaphanoe, pluga apicali viridi. 



Female. Grass-jireen, smooth, slender, shining. Head with the 



usual structure, as broad as the prothorax; keel between the eyes rosy; 



labrum white. Eyes testaceous, elliptical, prominent Palpi vyilh the usual 



structure. Antennae testaceous, long, slender. Prothorax with a fiat di.>k 



which widens hindward and has an ochraceous stripe and a well-delined 



