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CATALOGUE OF ORTHOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



12. (345.) Necroscia sordida. 



Mesothorace elongate ; alls fumatis, area antica fusco- 

 olivacea, maculis irregularibiis subviiidibus ; capite inermi ; 

 ocellis nullis ; antennis fuscis ; pedibus fuscis griseo-varie- 

 gatis, brevioribus ; abdominis apice acuminato (fem.). 



Long. Corp. unc. 2^ ; cap. lin. 1^ ; auten. unc. If ; 

 proth. lin. l\ ; mesoth. lin. 4 ; metath. lin. 4 ; abdom. lin. 

 12 + lin. 4 = lin. 16 ; tegm.lin.l; alar, expans. unc. 2f. 



Phasma (Necroscia) sordidum, De Haa/i, Orthoi>t. Orient. 

 p. 120. 

 Hab. In Sumatra. In Mus. Lugdunensi. 



The unique typical specimen preserved in the Leyden 

 Museum is a female, which I have examined and drawn. 



13. (340). Necroscia Samsoo, Westw. 



Plate X. fig. 6, female. 



Elongata, inermis ; mesothorace gracillimo, grauuloso ; 

 capite supra subplano, fossula parva utrinque pone oculos ; 

 tota obscure lutea hand nitida (forsan viridis insecto vi- 

 venti) ; tegminibus parvis, ovalibus ; alis mediocribus, costa 

 obscuriori ; pedibus gracilibus, inermibus (foem.). 



Long. Corp. unc. 3 ; cap. lin. 2 ; proth. lin. If ; mesoth. 

 lin. 6 ; metath. lin. 5 ; abdom. lin. IC + lin. 4 = lin. 20 ; 

 tegm. lin. 3 ; alae, lin. 20^ ; alar, expans. unc. 3^. 



Hab. In China. B.M. 



The unique specimen of this species in the National Col- 

 lection is a female, which had been preserved in spirits, so 

 that its colour, now a uniform dull luteous buff, was pro- 

 bably green when alive. It is elongated, with a very slender 

 mesothorax. The head is oval, rather flattened above, with 

 a small impression on each side behind the eyes. The 

 antennse are slender (broken off about half an inch from 

 the base). The prothorax small. The mesothorax slender, 

 cylindrical, granulated. The tegmina small, oval, with a 

 moderately strongly angulated carina. The wings of mo- 

 derate size ; the costal area darker than the hinder area, 

 which is almost colourless. The abdomen is long, and con- 

 siderably broader than the mesothorax, with the middle 

 joints broadest. The operculum is as long as the three 

 terminal dorsal segments, and the two anal styles are slightly 

 porrected. The legs are moderately long, slender, and 

 destitute of spines. 



Plate X. Fig. 6. The female, of the natural size. 6«. The 

 terminal segments seen laterally. 



14. (347.) Necroscia Esacus, Westw. 

 Plate XVI. fig. 4, female. 



Elongata, gracilis, inermis ; mesonoto elongato vix granu- 



late ; albido-fusca ; antennis elongatis, obscuris albido-annu- 

 latis ; tegminibus brevibus, in medio angulatis ; alis sub- 

 hyalinis, area costali fusco-rufescenti, fusco subnebulosa, 

 punctisque distinctioribus prope basin notatis, vena 2'''' fur- 

 cata ; pedibus prsesertim anticis brevibus, femoribus anticis 

 latioribus, omnibus fusco-albidis fusco variegatis (fcem.). 



Long. Corp. foem. unc. 2f ; cap. lin. \\ ; anten. unc. If ; 

 proth. lin. 1 i ; mesoth. lin. 6^ ; metath. lin. 5 ; abdom. 

 lin. 15 -I- Hn. 3^ = Hn. 18^ ; tegm. lin. li ; alar, expans. 

 unc. 3. 



Hab. Apud Singapore (-D. Wallace). In Mus. W. W. 

 Saunders. 



The female of this species (the male not having yet been 

 received) is distinguished by its elongated mesothorax and 

 abdomen and its short legs, the anterior femora being di- 

 lated along the lateral margins. It is slender, destitute of 

 spines, the mesonotum alone being finely tuberculated. 

 The head is rather wider than the prothorax, subconvex, 

 pale at the sides, with a slender curved dark line extending 

 backwards from the eyes. The antennae are of moderate 

 length, very slender, obscure brown, with numerous pale 

 rings ; basal joints pale. The mesothorax is about three 

 times the length of the prothorax. The tegmina are short, 

 subovate, glaucous, reticulated with the dark veins. The 

 wings are subhyaline, being only very slightly stained with 

 brown ; the costal area is darker, redder brown, with small 

 darker clouds, and with dark spots along the mid-vein, 

 which is furcate. The legs are short, setose, simple, dirty 

 buff, with darker rings and marks ; the anterior femora 

 dilated along the edges. Tiie abdomen is very long and 

 slender ; the eighth and ninth segments short. The oper- 

 culum is rather small, reaching to the middle of the ninth 

 dorsal segment ; the anal styles short and very broad. 



Plate XVI. Fig. 4. The female, of the natural size. 4 a. The 

 three terminal segments of the abdomen seen sideways. 



A variety of this species, from Ceylon, is in the collec- 

 tion of R. Templeton, Esq., in which the wings are less 

 iridescent, and the two branches of the median vein of the 

 costal area are not united at the tip of the wings. 



15. (348.) Necroscia Passalus, Westw. 

 Plate IX. fig. 8, male. 



Elongata, subgracilis, opaca ; capite utrinque spinulis 

 duabus ad marginem internum oculorum tuberculoque spi- 

 noso in parte postica verticis ; mesothorace subbrevi, parum 

 rugoso ; tegminibus subquadratis, carina valde elevata cris- 

 tata, antice rotundata; alis pallidis.area costali obscure nebu- 

 losa ; pedibus subbrevibus, femoribus quatuor posticis prope 



