ORTHOPTEKA 



4'. Anterior part of the tving rounded, with UP a (>ical field ... 10. Subfam. Pertsph.ekix.e. 

 3'. Siihgenital Inniinn of the male very small. Kiitli no styles. Claws with 



no aroha 11. Subfiim. P.\nesthin.e. 



SUBFAM. ECTOBI N >£ 



Characters. — Antenii;i; setaceous or plumnsr. Tegiiiina of lioriTS' texture or coriaceous, fully 

 developed, scale-like or absent. Wings, when present, \\ith prominent triangular apical field or witli a 

 large reflected and lolded apical area, the ulnar vein simple or bifurcate oxce}>t in the genus 

 Anapleduidea where it is rauKJse. Legs slender, femora usually sparseh' armed beneath. Supra-anal 

 lamina of both sexes varicais in shape but typically narrow and transverse. Ootheca with a longitudinal 

 crest and before depositic.m carried with tlie crest uppermijst and the eg'gs disposed verticalh'(i J. 



KEY TO THE GENER.-V 



I. Wings full]' lifVi-lofal. 



2. Wings with triangular apical field . 



3. Nailial and nhiar veins oj tcgiuina sefaiale. 



4. Snb-geiiital laxiiua dl' male witluiul modified affen- 

 dages. 

 5. J'roiwtiiiii and legmiiia unl pubescent . 



6. Antcinur cetaceous, posterior uluar rein ot 



legmina flexuose Genus Thecaxopteryx, Brunner. 



6'. AnteniKT more or less plumose, posterior ulnar 



vein o! legmina a)igulate (jenus ^lE^^■rHVRS0CERA, Saussure. 



?' . Proiiotuni and tiginina pubescent (jenus Mai.i.oi oiil.ATiA, Saussiu'e ^: Zehntner. 



4'. Sub-genital lamina of male with lobiforin or liook- 



like appendages (jenus Escai.a, Shelford. 



3'. Radial and ulnar reins of hgmina fused together at 



their bases (ienus Ectohia, Stephens. 



2'. Wings with large redected apical area. 



3. Ulnar vein of wings simple or bifurcate (jenus .\xArLECTA, Hurmeister. 



3'. Ulnar vein of loings ramose Genus .-VxAi'i.EC'ioiDiiA, Shelford. 



1'. Wings ruiiimentary or abscid (jenus floi oi.ampra, Saussui'e. 



I. Genus ECTOBIA, Stephens 



Ectobia. Stephens, 111. I'.iit. lint. Ahmdil). \'ol. 6, p. 45 (i.'^35). 



Characters. — Antennas setaceous. Tegmina when folded not covering the scutelluni, the 

 radial and ulnar veins fused at theii' liases. Triangular apic;d field of the wings conspicuous. Femora 



(1) 'J his fli:ir;uter ;ippLMi'S ako :imoni;st certain genera of Pliyllttfli nmiuac, e. j;. IJiipsi.titim, Siiussure. 



