i.ocustidj:. 159 



hind ti1)ije wholly black ; larsi piceous. Fore wings ferruginous, paler 

 towards the base ; veins tawny. Hind wings cinereous; veins blackish. 

 Length of the body 16 lines; of the lore wings 51 lines. 



a. Pernambuco. Presenltd by — Spoouer, Esq. 



Genus 3. DETNACRIDA. 



Anostotoma (Deinacrida) White, Gray's Zool. Misc. Ft. 2, 78 ; Dieffen- 

 bach's New Zealand, ii. 280. 



1. Deinacbida. hetkracantha. 



heteracantha, While, Gray's Zool. Misc. Pi. 2, 71. Dieffenbach's N. Zea- 

 land, ii. 280. Zool. Vol/. Erebus and Terror, xi. 24, pi. 5, f. 1. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Dieffenbach. 



b, c. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 

 d. New Zealand. 



Genus 4. ANOSTOSTOMA. 



Anostostoma, G. R. Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2, i. 14 1. Serv. Hist. Orlh. 

 385 — Stenopelniatus, Burm. 



1. Anostostoma AusTRALAsiiE 



australasise, G. R. Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2, i. 143, f. 16. Serv. Hist. 

 Orth. 388. Duncan, Nat. Libr. xxxiv, 254, pi. 14. 



a. Australia. 



b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Strange's collection. 



c. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



2. Anostostoma femoralis. 



Mas. Ferruginea, subtilissime punctata ; caput nigricans, prothorace 

 paullo latius, inter antennas subcarinatum, labro Jiavo ; palpi 

 inaxillares niyricantes, basi testacei ; palpi labiales testacei ; abdomen 

 breve, filis duobus apicalibus brevissirnis ; pedes nigri, femoribus 

 rujis a pice nigris, femoribus poslicis oblique striatis supra serralis, 

 tibiis triseriatim luteo spinosis. 



Male. Ferruginous, very finely punctured. Head shining, blackish, 

 a little broader than the prothorax, slightly ridged between the antennae ; 

 three yellow dots representing the ocelli; labrum yellow. Eyes livid. 

 Mandibles tawny. Maxillary palpi blackish ; first and second joints testa- 

 ceous; third, fourth and fifth joints testaceous at the base. Labial palpi 

 testaceous. Antennae black. Prothorax transverse, with three very slight 

 transverse furrows, of which the first and second are interrupted. Pro- 

 sternum with two spines. Abdomen short, with two apical filiform 

 appendages which are shorter than the cerci. Legs black ; coxae and 

 femora red, the latter black towards the tips; four anterior coxje with a 

 stout spine; hind femora serrated above, obliquely ridged on the outer 

 side; tibiae with long stout luteous black-tipped spines which are arranged 

 in three series, those of the bind tibiae more numerous than the others ; fouy 



