OF NEW ZEALAND. 83' 



Oviduct tawny, curved upward, piceous towards the tip, a little more 

 than half the length of the abdomen. Legs stout, rather short; 

 femora with a row of short ohlique blackish streaks on each side ; 

 hind femora with a single row of three minute black-tipped spines 

 near the tip ; four anterior tibise with four minute black-tipped spines 

 on each side ; hind tibiae with four long thick black-tipped spines on 

 each side, and with three minute spines beneath. 



Var. y8. Head testaceous. Spines of the legs not black at the 

 tips. 



Male. Head blackish, larger than that of the female ; abdomen 

 without a stripe, wholly black toAvards the tip. Length of the body, 

 15-21 lines. 



Distinguished from H. thoracica by the stripe on the abdomen. 



Wellington. 



H. ABBREViATA, Walker, Cat. Locustidce, p. 163 (1869). 



Female. Tawny, convex, shining, thinly punctured. Head short, 

 as broad as the prothorax, Avith a slight keel, ivhich is flattened be- 

 tween the sockets of the antenme. Eyes black, slightly prominent. 

 Mandibles black at the tips. Palpi testaceous. Antennre tawny, 

 long, testaceous at the base. Prothorax with a very slender longitu- 

 dinal furrow, with an oblique furrow on each side, and an anterior 

 transverse furrow. Abdomen with blackish bands on the sutures of 

 the dorsal segments : tip wholly blackish. Cerci taAvny. Oviduct 

 piceous, very slightly curved, less than half the length of the abdomen. 

 Legs testaceous, thick, rather short ; femora with oblique interrupted 

 blackish streaks on each side, indistinct on the inner side ; hind 

 femora beneath with a single row of three minute piceous spines 

 towards the tip ; four anterior tibiae with four minute piceous spines 

 on the outer side, and with three on the inner side ; hind tibiae 

 reddish, Avith four long thick piceous spines on each side ; tarsi 

 tawny. 



Length of the body, 14 lines. 



In caA'Cs (H. Drew, Esq.). 



Distinguished from the last by its shorter abdomen, and much 

 shorter oviduct. 



H. TIBIALIS. Walker, Cat. Locustidce, 'p. 161 (1869). 



Female. Tawny, convex, shining, thinly punctured. Head not 

 broader than the prothorax ; with a slight grooA^ed keel bctAveen the 

 sockets of the antenna ; front transversely striated. Eyes piceous. 

 Mandibles Avith piceous tips. Palpi piceous at the tips ; fourth joint 



