On Orihoptera from Rodriguez. 409 



brown line ; fringe brown, with basal ochraceous line : secon- 

 daries pale buff, internal area (excepting the abdominal region) 

 and the outer border cinereous, crossed bj parallel undulated 

 brown bands ; two parallel subanal black lines, between which 

 is a brown line ; marginal characters as in primaries : head, 

 palpi, and collar pale reddish broAvn; tegulse and thorax 

 greyish brown 5 abdomen pale brown, three dorsal greyish 

 tufts ; two subanal dusky bands, the inner one broad ; anal 

 tuft tipped with brown : wings and body below pale buff, 

 markings only indicated on the apical half of primaries and 

 costa of secondaries, the latter covered with hair ; an apical mar- 

 ginal sinuated black line. Expanse of wings 1 inch 10 lines. 



(Coll. by Gulliver.) 



Apparently allied to H. Vinsonn of Gu^nde, but certainly 

 distinct. 



Tineina. 



Genus Laverna. 



Laverna plumijpes^ n. sp. 



Primaries shining brown, irrorated with black ; a subapical 

 black spot ; fringe grey : secondaries sericeous pale brown, 

 the apical area darker ; fringe pale broAvn : head and thorax 

 olive-brown, abdomen pale brown : wings below shining pale 

 brown : body and legs below shining whitish ; tibiae of second 

 pair of legs with a long terminal pencil of hair-scales between 

 the spines ; tibise of hind pair densely clothed with long pro- 

 jecting hairs. Expanse of wings 10 lines. 



(Coll. by Gulliver.) 



My thanks are due to Lord Walsingham for kindly pointing 

 out the affinity of this species to Laverna phragmitella. 



XL VIII. — Preliminary Notice of new Species of Ortlioptera 

 and Hemiptera collected in the Island of Rodriguez hy the 

 Naturalists accompanying the Transit-of- Venus Expedition. 

 By Arthur G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



Orthoptera. 



Genus Nemobius. 



Nemohius luteolus, n. sp. 



Sti'amineous ; vertex of head greyish ; pronotum irrorated 

 with brownish, with a lateral slender ridge and a central de- 

 pressed line ; posterior abdominal segments greyish ; cerci as 

 long as oviduct, hairy ; oviduct castaneous below and at the 

 tip ; tegmina nearly extending to the end of abdomen, pale 



