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CATALOGUE OF ORTHOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Feem. Thorace et abdomine multo latioribus, subviridi- 

 bus ; metathoracis lateribiis spinulosis, pedibus griseo-cine- 

 reis ; femoribus tibiisque uigro fasciatis ; tegminibus et alis 

 obsoletis. 



Long. Corp. maris, unc. 4^ ; cap. lin. 3 ; proth.lin. 2^; 

 niesoth. lin. 6^; metath. lin. 10^; abdom. lin. 22 + lin. 4 

 =lin. 26 ; tegra. lin. 11 ; alar, expans. unc. 4, lin. o. 



Long. Corp. foem. unc. 4f ; cap. lin. 4 ; anten. lin. 24 ; 

 proth. lin. 3 ; mesoth. lin. 10 ; metath. lin. H ; abdom. 

 lin. 21+lin. 5=lin. 26. 



Mouaudroptera inuncans, Serville, H. N. Orth. p. 244 

 (male and female). 



Cyphocrania acanthomera, Biirm. o. c. ii. p. 579. (Mas in 

 Mus. Berol. ; roseo-fusca, pruinosa; mesosterni lateribus, 

 coxis, femoribus et tibiis posticis grosse spiuosis.) 

 Hab. He de France. (Mas et foem. in Mus. Hopeiano 



0.\oniEe.) $ B.M. 



Having examined and drawn Burmeister's typical spe- 

 cimen of the male in the Berlin Museum, I have no doubt 

 as to its identity with Serville's insect, and the consequent 

 mistake of De Haan in supposing that Burmeister's insect 

 might be the male of his Cyphocrania Reinwardtii (Orth. 

 Orient, p. 130). 



2. (206.) Monandroptera undvilata, Westw. 



Foem. Magna, plana, subaptera ; thorace sensim latiori ; 

 abdominis segmeuto basaU metathorace latiori, reliquis 

 segmentis sensim angustioribus, singulo extus rotundato, 

 marginato ; lateribus mesothoracis postice, metathoracis 

 totis spiuosis ; tegminibus minimis, ovalibus, liberis ; alis 

 minutissimis vLx distinguendis ; tibiis posticis intus serrato- 

 spinosis : tota prasina, lateribus thoracis pedibusque magis 

 luteo-brunneis. 



Long. Corp. foem. unc. 5^ ; cap. lin. 5^ ; anten. lin. 20 ; 

 proth. hn. A^ ; mesoth. lin. 10-|^ ; metath. lin. 1 \\ ; abdom. 

 lin. 31+ lin. 7=lin. 38. 



Diapherodes (Craspedonia) undulata, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. 



pi. 49. 

 Craspedonia gibbosa, Westw. o. c. i. p. 26. pi. 8 (nee Bur- 



meister) . 

 Partes anatomicse oris, Westw. Introd. Mod. Class. Ins. i. 



431. f. 53—2-6. 



Hab. (Africa?). Mus. Oxonise (olim Westw.). 



3. (207.) Monandroptera parallela, Westw. 

 Plate XXXVL fig. 3. 



Praecedenti simillima at multo angustior, segmentis ab- 

 dominalibus vix rotundato-dilatatis, pedibus (prsesertim 

 posticis) longioribiis tenuioribus, meso- et metathoracibus 



fere parallelis, mesosterni lateribus postice, metasterni om- 

 nino spinulosis (fcem.). 



Long. corp. unc. 5^ ; cap. lin. 4; anten. lin. 17; proth. 

 lin. 4h; mesoth. lin. 10 ; metath. lin. 12; abdom. lin. 28 

 + lin. 7 = lin. 35. 



Hab. la " Africa littorali." In Mus. Berol. 



Plate XXXVI. Fig. 3. The female, of the natural size. 



4. (208.) Monandroptera Pumilio. 



Lutescens (viva viridis ?) ; capite inermi ; mesothoracis 

 lateribus sensim dilatatis vix serrulatis, disco in carinam 

 mediam valde elevato ; abdomine elongato vix dilatato, 

 supra carinato, apice acuminato ; pedibus gracilibus, sim- 

 plicibus ; alis nullis (foem.). 



Long. corp. unc. 2 ; cap. lin. 2 ; proth. lin. 1^ ; mesoth. 

 lin. 5|- ; metath. lin. 3; abdom. Un. 9 + lin. 4 = Iin. 13. 



Diapherodes (Cranidium) Pumilio, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. 



p. 50. pi. 61. f. 2. 



Hab. In Africa tropical! ? In Mus. Bristol Philos. In- 

 stitution. 



5. (209.) Monandroptera? gibbosa. 

 Viridis, glabra ; capite integro, gibbo ; mesothoracis mar. 



gine, mesonoti dorso gibboso, mesosternoque longitudina- 

 liter obtuse spiuosis ; abdomine dilatato, distincte margi- 

 nato, margine teniii contmuo, striato ; pedibus omnibus 

 gracilibus, inermibus, tegminibus alisque nullis (foem.). 



Long. corp. foem. unc. 4^ — unc. b\ ; cap. lin. Z^ ; anten. 

 lin. 24 ; proth. lin. 2 ; mesoth. hn. 1 1 ; metath. lin. 8 ; 

 abdom. lin. 25^-1- lin. 6=lin. 31|. 



Lat. abdom. une. 1 . 



Diapherodes gibbosa, Burm. Hundb. d. Ent. ii. 575. 

 Diapherodes (Cranidium) serricoUis, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. 



p. 49. pi. 61. f. 1 (fern.). 



Hab. In Brasilia. Mus. Hopeiano Oxonise, et B.M. 



Genus 16. DIMORPHODES, Westw. 



Body of the male slender, furnished with oval tegmina 

 and moderate-sized wings. Body of the female apterous, 

 elongate, robust, subdepressed. Head obloug, without ocelli. 

 Antennae very short, basal joint flat. Pro- and mesothorax 

 of the male, as well as the entire upper surface of the body 

 of the female, armed with fine spinose granules and larger 

 spines. Legs serrated, with the four hind femora with 

 lobed spines. Operculum of the female rugose, not ex- 

 tending beyond the extremity of the abdomen. 



I have been compelled to propose a new genus for a 



