123 CATALOGUE OF 



42. ISCHNOPTERA HEBE3. 



Foem. Nigra, fusiformis i caput pro thoracem perpaiillo stiperans ; ocnii 

 invicem remoti ; prothorax subpilosus, bifoveolalus, antice el postice 

 fulvo marginaivs ; pedes pallide teslacei ; alee anlicce picea, sub- 

 coriacece, apices versus saturate cinerex ; alee poslica nigro-cinereee. 



Female. Black, fusiform, smooll), shining. Head exleiuling very 

 JiUle beyond the prothor;ix. Eyes wide apart. Antennae slender, setose, 

 as long as the body. Prothoiax thinly pilose, much narrower in front ; 

 fore border and hind border tawny, the former slightly truncated, the latter 

 hardly rounded ; an oblique furrow on each side in the disk ; sides almost 

 straight. Fourth ventral segment tawny. Cerci lanceolate, moderately 

 long. Legs pale testaceous, slender; femora with many spines. Wings 

 extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings piceous, somewhat 

 coriaceous, rather narrow, dark cinereous about the tips; anterior division 

 of the humeral vein ramose. Hind wings blackish cinereous. Length of 

 the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Santarera. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Sect. H. 



In this group the furrows on the prothorax are quite obsolete. The 

 styles of the abdomen distinguish it from Blatla. 



43. IsCHNOPTERA TERMINALIS. 



Mas et fcem. Lutea, fusiformis ; caput nigrum aiit piceutn, protho- 

 racem superans ; facie liitea ; antennce nigra ; prothorax longiusculus, 

 lalcribus subrejlexis, margine postico subrotundato ; slyli brevissimi ; 

 cerci nigri, apice lulei ; alcB anticee apices versus pallidiores, abdo- 

 men superantes ; alte posticee diaphanee, pallida venoscc, cosla liUea. 



Male. Luteous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head black, extending 

 somewhat beyond the prothorax ; sockets of the antenuaB and face luteous. 

 Eyes wide apart. Palpi luteous. Antennae black, setose, almost as long 

 as the body^ luteous at the base. Prothorax elongate, much narrower in 

 front, where it is slightly truncated; sides rounded, slightly reflexed ; bind 

 border slightly rounded. Styles very short. Cerci black, long, lanceolate, 

 setose, luteous at the tips. Legs rather slender ; femora armed with spines. 

 Wings extending beyond the abdomen ; intermediate longitudinal veins 

 almost obsolete. Fore wings paler towards the tips; right wings pellucid 

 along the hind border. Hind wings pellucid ; veins pale ; costa luteous. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Female. Head luteous, extending a little beyond the prothorax ; vertex 

 and front piceous. Eyes piceous, wide apart. Abdomen black beneath at 

 the tip. Length of the body 8^ lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



«, b. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



Sect. 12. 

 The punctured prothorax and the coriaceous fore wings distinguish 

 this section. The furrows of the prothorax are very slight. 



