352 CATALOGUE OF 



lateral keel on each side; fore border slightly excavated ; sides and hind 

 border rounded. Sternum noiclied in each part. Abdomen with a rosy 

 stripe which is dilated on the hind border of each segment. Oviduct with 

 tlie usual structure, less than half the lengih of the abdomen. Legs rather 

 long and sleuder; spines of the femora and of the four anterior tibia very 

 minute; those of the hind tibiae larger. Fore wings rather narrow, shorter 

 by half a line than the hind wings; hind border and a line alons; the anal 

 vein testaceous; large areolets clearly defined, mostly regular. Hind wings 

 pellucid ; apical patch green ; veins greenish white. Leugth of the body 

 10^ lines; expansion of the fore wings 30 lines. 



In the comparative length of the fore wings and of the hind wings it 

 much resembles P. lata, but the areolets of the fore wings are more regular 

 than in that species. 

 a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



59 . Phanehopteua valida. 



Mas. Viridis, gracilis, testaceo varia ; oculi fvsci, elliptici, proniinuli ; 

 prolhorux carinis laUralibus bene clelerrniuatis ; niesosternnm et meta- 

 slernuin vatde incisa ; cerci subarcuali ; cornicula duo in/era brevis- 

 sima ; pedes graciles, femoribus tibiisque spinulosis; alee poslicce 

 diaphancB, playa apicali viridi. 



Mde. Green, smooth, slender. Body partly testaceous. Head with 

 the usual structure, a little narrower than the prolhorax ; fore part shining. 

 Eyes brown, elliptical, prominent. Antenna; long, slender. Prothorax 

 with a flat disk which widens hindward and has on each side a well-defined 

 lateral keel; fore border very sligluly excavated; sides and hind border 

 rounded. Mcsosternum and metastevnum deeply notched. Cerci lanceo- 

 late, slightly curved upward; the two lower ajipendages very short. Legs 

 long, slender ; femora and four anterior tibite with very minute spines, 

 those of the hind tibiae a little larger; hind femora incrassaled (or more 

 than half the leujzth from the base; fore tibiae slightly dilated at the base. 

 Fore wings narrow, shorter by two lines than the hind wings ; large areolets 

 not distinctly marked, mostly irregular; longitudinal veins with the usual 

 structure. Hind wings pellucid ; apical patch green ; veins very pale 

 green. Length of the body » lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 36 lines. 



It may be distinguished from P. glauceacens, P. cnngrua and P. sub' 

 roseala by the fore wings, which are longer in proportion lo the hind wings. 

 Ii is rather more slender than P. pinguis, and the spines of the hind tibiae 

 are sn)aller. 

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



60. Phaneropteka simplex. 



Fcera. Viiidis, sal gracilis ; caput plagis duubus lubrcqiie albidis ; oculi 



pallide lividi, uvali, prominuli ; antenncc Julvce, basi pallide virides ; 



prothorax luteo bivittatus, carinis lateralibus bene delerminalis ; 



slernwii incisum ; oviduclus abdominis diuiidio valde brevior ; pedes 



