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THE PHANEROPTERID& OF AUSTRALIA AND 
POLYNESIA. 
By J. G. O. Tepprr, F.LS. 
[Read May 3, 1892]. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The PHANEROPTERIDA of the tribe LocusropEa in the Orde 
of the Orthoptera or Straight-winged insects are scattered over 
all continents in a limited number of genera and species, but 
seldom, if ever, occur in such numbers as to become destruct- 
ive, although all are herbivorous. Many kinds are rare and 
very rare, being perhaps restricted to small areas by the presence 
or absence of particular food-plants, certain other insects, peculi- 
arities of soil and climate, &c. 
The family is, however, on this account very interesting to the 
entomologist, and also on that of their peculiar structure, 
notably the long slender limbs, angular or otherwise peculiarly- 
shaped pronotum, regular venation of the anterior pair of wings, 
usually called elytra (or tegmina) which afford good generic or 
specific distinctions, and the usually short, curved, serrated 
ovipositor of the females. 
Of the habits of the Australian species, and perhaps of most 
of the others, little appears to be known; the solitary life of the 
widely scattered individuals rendering the elucidation of their 
life-history very difficult. 
The chief and most recent authoritative monographer of the 
Phaneropteride is Brunner van Wattenroyl, and since the 
publication of the ‘‘ Addimenta,” 1891, to his excellent ‘ Mono- 
graphie der Phaneropteriden” (Wien, 1878), no general work 
appears to have been issued, nor any Australian species described. 
In the following pages is presented a concise record of the 
Australian representatives of the family as far as that is possible 
under the circumstances. Genera and species, however, not 
represented in the 8. A. Museum will only be recorded, with 
Brunner’s synoptical descriptions in English, while full descript- 
ions will be given of the others from the specimens at disposal 
and such information about habits and distribution attached as 
is warranted by the author’s observations and experience. 
The colour of living specimens is some shade or tint of 
green in most genera, but is easily bleached by exposure to 
sunlight as with preserved specimens, and wholly extracted 
