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one inch ; from anterior edge of thorax to end of abdomen^ one inch 

 and three-sixteenths ; the plate of the thorax measuring a quarter of 

 an inch. The antennae are four inches long ; femur, three-quarters of 

 an inch ; tibia, one inch and three-sixteenths ; tarsus and claws, three- 

 eighths of an inch. The vertex is much rouuded or elevated, and 

 perfectly smooth." (Buller.) 

 Wellington. 



H. THOiiAcicA. White, Voy. '' Ereb." and ''Terror,'^ Ins., p. 25, 

 pL 5,/. 2 (184G). H. prodncttt : Walker, Cat. Locust'nhe, 

 p. 163." 



Female. Tawny, cylindrical, shining, thinly punctured. Head 

 black ; face and labrum tawny. Eyes ferruginous, prominent. Palpi 

 testaceous ; fourth joint of the maxillary palpi longer than the third; 

 third joint of the labial palpi clavate, black at the tip. Antennae 

 piceous, tawny at the base. Prothorax slightly transverse, with an 

 obliqne blackish furrow on each side. Abdomen long; hind borders 

 of the segments piceous. Oviduct slightly curved, rather shorter 

 than the abdomen. Legs stout, rather long ; femora with a row of 

 short oblique interrupted black streaks on each side ; hind femora 

 with a single row of black small spines which from the tirst to the 

 fourth successively increase in size ; four anterior tibiae with three 

 rather small black-tipped spines on each side, excluding the apical 

 spines ; fore tibiae contracted near the base ; hind tibiae slightly 

 dilated, with four long thick black spines on each side, and with 

 three minute spines. 



Length of the body, 19 lines. 



H. riGURATA. Walker, Cat. Locn.<itid(S, p. 162 (1869), 



Female. Luteous, convex, shining. Head tawny, thinly and 

 finely punctured, with a slight forked keel between the sockets of the 

 antennae; front finely and transversely striated. Eyes slightly pro- 

 minent. Palpi tawny ; fifth joint subclavate, longer than the 

 fourth; third joint of the labial palpi clavate. Antennae very much 

 longer than the body. Prothorax transverse ; sides slightly reflexed ; 

 a very slender longitudinal furrow and with two much curved trans- 

 verse furrows ; several connected black marks in the disc, forming a 

 somewhat lyre-shaped figure. Mesothorax, metathorax, and abdominal 

 dorsal segments with a black band on the hind border of each, these 

 bands attenuated on each side. Mesothorax with a few irregular 

 black marks. i\Ictathorax with a black patch on each side. Abdomen 

 compressed, with a black stripe, which is dilated towards the tip. 



