880 CATALOGUE OF 



South Asia. 



15. Phylloptera spectabilis. 



Mas. Viridis aut testacea ; caput carina Ian ceolata sulcata antennarum 

 articulo lo inulto angustiore, fronte albida inter antennas conica, 

 lahro alho ; proiharacis discus subconvexus, carinis lateralibus nullis ; 

 vi€sosternw7i et metasternuyn subincisa ; lamina supra-analis sub- 

 excavata ; lamina subgenitalis stylis biarticulatis ; pedes longi, vix 

 robusti ; alee anticce angustcB, casta subconvexa, margine postico fere 

 recto apicem versus rotundato ; alee posticce diaphame, paullo longiores, 

 striga apicali lata viridi. 



Male.— Green or testaceous, smooth. Head a little narrower than 

 ibe fore border of the proihorax ; vertex with a lanceolate furrowed keel, 

 which is much narrower than the first joint of the antennae; front whitish, 

 conical between ihe aniennte, whose sockets have an elevated rim in front; 

 labrum white. Eyes ferruginous, elliptical, prominent. Prothorax with a 

 slightly convex disk, which has a transverse impressed much hindward 

 bent middle line; lateral keels obsolete; fore border very slightly ex- 

 cavated ; sides slightly rounded ; hind border more rounded. Mesosternum 

 and metasternum slightly notched. Abdomen ferruginous beneath ; supra- 

 anal lamina slightly excavated on the hind border; styles of the subgeuital 

 lamina biarticulate; second joint very small. Cerci setulose, very thick, 

 emitting a rounded protuberance on the outer side. Legs long, hardly 

 stout,- hind femora incrassated along half the length, a little more than 

 five-eighths of the length of the four wings; hind tibise with rather long 

 spines on the fore keels. Fore wings narrow, minutely reticulated, shorter by 

 one line and a half than the hind wings; costa slightly rounded; interior 

 border nearly slraighi, rounded towards the lip; veins distinctly marked ; 

 large areoleis between the externo-medial vein and the interno-medial vein 

 regular, quadrilateral; veins between the scapular and the costa mostly 

 parallel to each other. Hind wings pellucid; apical patch green; veins 

 very pale green. Length of the body 13 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 48 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 



Australasia. 



16. Phyllopteea? chloris. 



Lucusta (Phaneroptera) chloris, Haan, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. 

 Ins. 192. 



Java. 



17. Phylloptera? po^folla. 



Locusta (Phaneroptera) poaefolia, Haan, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. 

 Ins. 192. 



Java. 



