90 ORTHOPTERA 



below, notched at the end, furnished laterally with a filiform appen- 

 dage. Legs long, especially the hind pair. 



D. sEMiviTTATUs. Walker, Cat. Locustidce, 11., j). 263 (1869). 



Female. Testaceous, smooth, shining. Head as broad as the 

 prothorax, with a short porrect much-rounded protuberance, which 

 has a blackish stripe ; front very slightly oblique, with a distinct 

 transverse suture between it and the face, which is very short. Eyes 

 rather large and prominent, mottled with black. Mandibles with 

 black tips. Maxillary palpi slender ; fourth joint a little shorter than 

 the third; fifth very slightly clavatc, a little longer than the third. 

 Antennae very slender. Prothorax rather short, broader towards the 

 hind border, which is straight ; lateral keels slightly defined. Abdo- 

 men lanceolate, more than twice the length of the prothorax, with 

 two very incomplete brown stripes. Cerei lanceolate, moderately 

 long. Oviduct hardly curved, a little longer than the abdomen. 

 Legs moderately long and slender ; hind femora and four anterior 

 tibiae with a few very short and slender spines on each side 

 beneath ; hind tibiae with four rows of numerous minute spines, and 

 with very short apical spurs. Fore wings nearly half the length of 

 the abdomen, with a blackish costal stripe. 



Length of the body, 7\ lines. 



Auckland (Dr. Sinclair). 



aenus-XIPHIDIUM. 



Serville. 



Head rather large ; a distinct tubercle between the antennae. 

 Maxillary palpi longer than the labial ; the last joint rather short, 

 truncated, and rather widened at the end. Prothorax short, slightly 

 keeled on the sides. Appendages of the abdomen scarcely visible ; 

 sub-anal plate very apparent, a little convex and pointed in the female, 

 large and forked in the male. Fore wings narrow, linear, rounded at 

 the tip, rather longer than the abdomen; hind wings slightly passing 

 the abdomen in rej^ose. The four anterior tibicC very finely spinulose, 

 the anterior having at the base a cavity covered with a membrane ; 

 posterior tibiae with two rows of fine spines on the superior keels. 



X. MAORicuM. Walker, Cat. Locustidce, Pt. 11., i^. 276 (1869). 



Female. Grass-green. Prothorax and vertex of the head with 

 a brown stripe, which is narrower towards the fore border of the pro- 

 thorax and is lanceolate on the vertex, and is bordered with pale 

 yellow on the outer side. Head with a slightly ascending rounded 



