84 CATALOGUE OF 



25. PSEUDOMOPS MELANDRYOIDES. 



Mas. Nigra, fusiformis, pubescens, conferte punctata; caput prothoracein 

 paullo superans ; palpi basi picei aut albidi ; antenncB corpore 

 breviores, fascia subapicali alba lata; prothorax bifoveolalus, lateri- 

 bus subrejlexis, margine poslico fere recto; cerci longissimi ; alee 

 anticce abdomen longe siiperantes, linea costali antemedia alba ; alee 

 poslicce nigricante cinerea. 



Male. Black, fusifoiiu, shining', thickly and minutely punctured, 

 minutely pubescent. Head extending a little beyond the prothorax. Eyes 

 piceons, large, somewhat approximate. Palpi rather long and stout; first 

 joint whitish or piceous ; third fusiform. Antennae submoniliform, minutely 

 setose, a little more than half the length of the body, with a broad while 

 baud near the lips. Prothorax with a broad shallow oblique furrow on each 

 side; sides rounded, slightly reflexed ; hind border almost straight. Cerci 

 very long. Legs moderately stout; spines luteous. Wings extending 

 much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings coriaceous, semicoriaceous 

 towards the tips; a white costal line before the middle, not extending to 

 the base. Hind wings blackish cinereous. Length of the body 4^ lines; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



The body is pubescent above, and the hind border of the prothorax is 

 almost straight, nevertheless it can hardly be separated from the genus 

 Pseudomops. 



a. St. Paul. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



Genus 7. ELLIPSIDIUM. 

 Ellipsidium, Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 118. 



Sect. 1. Sauss. H. N. M. iii. 118. 



1, Ellipsidium a.ustbale. 



Thyrsocera australis, Sauss. Mel. Orth. 18, f. 11 (Group Ellipsidion) — 

 Ellipsidium australe, Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 118. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



b. Australia. From Major Parry's collection. 



c. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Liddell. 



d. e, Australia. From Mr. Dring's collection. 



2. Ellipsidium variegatum. 



Blatta variegata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 10. 



a, b. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital, 

 f. Australia. From Mr. Vigors' collecliou. 



Australia. 



3. Ellipsidium reticulatbm. 



reticulatum, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xvi. 312. 



a. Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 



