836 CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 

 92. Tettix spathulata. 

 spatbulata, Stal, Eug. Resa, 348. 

 Sydney. 



93. Tettix Australis. 



Mas et fcem. Nigricans, sat gracilis; oculi prominuli, rerticem non 

 superantes ; prolhorax tricarinalus, subluberculatus, lateribus sub- 

 dilatatis rolundato angulatis, postice abdomen longissime superans; 

 pedes graciles, tibiis posticis basi testaceo fasciatis, tibiis quatuor 

 anterioribus testaceo fasciatis, tarsis testaceis nigro bifascialis ; alee 

 posticce diaphance. 

 Male and female, Blackish, rather slender. Head not prominent, 

 but with the two usual keels between the sockets of the antenna?. Eyes 

 prominent, not rising higher than the vertex. Protborax slightly tubercu- 

 late, with three well-defined keels; lateral keels rounded near the base of 

 the fore wings; sides slightly dilated and forming a rounded angle; bind 

 part lanceolate, compressed, extending for half its length beyond the tip of 

 the abdomen. Legs slender; hind tibia; with minute spines, with a testa- 

 ceous basal band ; tarsi testaceous, with two black bands; four anterior 

 tibiae with more or less distinct testaceous bands. Hind wings pellucid, 

 with a brown streak along the apical part of the costa ; veins black. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; expansion of the hind wings 9 lines. 



The abbreviated hind wings of T. spathulata, supposing that the 

 description of that species is taken from fully-developed specimens, 

 distinguish it from T. Australis. 



a, b. South Australia. Presented by B. Bakewell, Esq. 

 c, d. Australia. From Major Parry's collection. 



Country unknown. 



94. Tettix Asmodceus. 

 Tetrix Asmodceus, Serv. Hist. Orth. 760. 



95. Tettix simplex. 



Fcem. Ferruginea, gracilis, subtus fulva; caput nonnunquam teslaceum ; 

 oculi verticem paullo superantes ; prothorax subluberculatus, sublri- 

 carinatus, spinis duabus lateralibus obliquis latis acutis, poslice 

 abdomen longissime superans; abdominis dorsum nigricans; pedes 

 fulvi; alee posticce diaphance, striga costali fulva. 



Female. Ferruginous, slender, tawny beneath. Head sometimes 

 testaceous, slightly prominent and with two keels between the sockets of 

 the antenna? ; these keels diverge slightly near their connection with the 

 forked keel. Eyes prominent, rising a little higher than the vertex. Pro- 

 thorax slightly tuberculate, with three slight keels ; lateral keels interrupted 

 and dislocated ; two intermediate very short keels ; on each side a large 

 acute spine, which extends obliquely hindward ; hind part lanceolate, com- 

 pressed, extending for half its length beyond the abdomen, which is 



