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the thorax ; the upper parts with several suhspiniform tubercles ; fourth 

 aud sixth segments dilated on the sides at the end; coxse of the fore 

 legs with four or five spines ; coxae of the middle and hind legs with 

 two spines ; femora sharply angled, .some of the angles with a few 

 teeth ; a crested dilatation at the base of the tibiae of the two hind 

 pairs ; basal joints of the tarsi of two hind pairs of legs crested, with 

 a notch at the ends. (White.) 



Length of body, 5 inches 9 lines ; head, 3 lines ; metathorax, 16 

 lines; mesothorax, 12 lines; abdomen, .30 + 6 lines = 36 lines. 



A. PRAsiNUs. Westwood, Cat. Orthop. Ins., p. 49, pi. III., /. 2 

 (1859). 



Green, rather polished. The head considerably larger and wider 

 than the prothorax, oval, with a number of small spines on the crown 

 arranged symmetrically. The antennae rather short, brown, with the 

 broad basal and second joint fulvous. The prothorax entire; the 

 mesothorax gradually dilated from the fore margin to the middle, 

 behind which the sides are parallel ; the upper surface is armed with 

 a number of small spines placed irregularly ; the metathorax is 

 slightly wider than the mesothorax, being rather swollen in the 

 middle on each side, and in front of the base of the hind feet ; its 

 upper surface bears a few small erect spines ; the hinder margin, as 

 well as that of the basal segments of the abdomen, being slightly 

 margined. The abdominal segments are gradually narrowed from 

 the base to the extremity, which is furnished with two large oval 

 foliolets ; the sixth segment is constricted in the middle, with its 

 hinder angles prominent. The fore legs moderately long; the femora 

 bent at the base, aud armed Avith several spines on the upper edge, 

 the tibiae simple; the four hind femora thickened and angulated, with 

 a spine near the base of the upper edge ; the under edge with several 

 spines, those near the extremity being largest ; the tibiae rather 

 dilated, with a small spine near the base. The operculum has a 

 small spine at its base, and extends to the middle of the ninth dorsal 

 segment. The mcso- and metasternum and abdominal segments 

 beneath are armed with a few very small tubercles. (Westwood.) 



Length of body, 3 inches 7 lines; antennae, 9 lines; head, 3 lines; 

 prothorax, 2 lines ; mesothorax, 7i lines ; metathorax, 7 lines ; 

 abdomen, 17 + 6 lines = 23 lines. 



New Zealand (Sir G. Grev). 



