716 CATALOGUE OF 



valde rotnndato ; prosterni spina robusta, latissima : femora postica 

 abdnmini aquiUmya, supra nit/ro biplayiata, subtus inlusque rufa ; 

 tibiiB posliccB ruf(e, basi albidce nu/ro unistriyata ; al(e antica 

 cinerecE, corpore breviores, villa discoidali fusca pallida septem 

 maculala ; alee poslicce diaphame, apice funcescenles. 



Female. Tawny, slender, testaceous beneath. Head and pvolboiax 

 with a black line on each side. Head smooth, slightly elongate; vertex 

 convex, with a gutlulav black stiipe ; lip flat, hexagonal ; Irunt with four 

 slight keels, which diverge towards the lace. Eyes elliptical, ntuch rounded 

 on the hind side. Antennte testaceous. Piolhorax shoil, widening hind- 

 ward, with a very slight keel; disk nearly flat; transverse impressed lines 

 strongly marked ; fore border ncMrly straight ; sides slightly rounded ; hind 

 border much rounded. Prosternal spine stout, about four times as broad 

 as thick, flat ^long the tip. Hind femora as long as the abdomen, red 

 beneath and on the inner side, with two black patches above; hind tibiae 

 bright red, rather shorter than the hind femora, whitish and with a short 

 black streak near the base on the outer side; spines with black tips. Fore 

 wings cinereous, rather shorter tlian the body, with a brown discoidal stripe 

 which includes seven pellucid spots and in the exterior part is merely 

 represented by brownish veins at intervals. Hind wings pellucid, brownish 

 at the tips; veins black, wiiitish at the base and along the interior border. 

 Length of the body 9 lines; expansion of the fore wiugs 17 lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



c. Australia. 



Genus 36. PLATYPHYMA. 



Gryllus, Rossi, Charp. — Podisma, Cosla — Acridium (Podisma), Serv. — 

 Plalyphyma, Fisch. Orlh. Ear. 373. Sauss. Rfv, Zool. xiii. 161. 



1. Platyphyma GiORNjE. 



Gryllus Giornae, Rossi, Faun. Elr. ii. 104. Charp. Hor. Ent. 175 — Acri- 

 dium (Podisma) Giornae, Serv. Hist. Orlh. 6H0 — Podisma commune, 

 Cosla. Faun. R. Nap. 48, pi. 4, f. 6, 7. 



a, b. South France. From Prof. Weslwood's collection. 



2. Platyphyma Caloptenoides. 

 Caloptenoides, Brun. Zool. Boi. Gesch. Wien. xi. 307, pi. 16, f. 24. 

 Servia. 



3. Platyphyma Aztf.ca. 

 Azlecuro, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xiii. 102. 

 Mexico. 



