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CATALOGUE OF ORTHOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Mas. Nigricans, mesothorace obscurius submaculato ; 

 capite mesothorace duplo latiori, impressione rotunda inter 

 oculos ; mesothorace tenuissime granulato ; tegmiuibus 

 brevibus, margine interno obscure rufo ; alarum area antica 

 nigricanti, nebuUs irregularibus griseis, vena mediana in- 

 tegra virescenti, area postica nigra, venis transversis tenuis- 

 simis albidis. 



Foem. Grisea, fusco vel nigricanti variegata ; antennis 

 albido annulatis ; mesothorace granuloso ; tegminibus ob- 

 scure cinereis albido tessellatis ; alarum area antica grisea, 

 irregulariter nigricanti fasciata, area postica nigra, versus 

 basin albido tessellata, medio lunula magna fulva, fasciaque 

 subapicali pallide caerulea ; pedibus luteo-cinereis iiigro 

 fasciatis ; operculo anali elongato. 



Long. corp. maris, unc. 2^ ; cap. lin. 1^ ; anten. unc. 3f ; 

 proth. lin. 1^ ; mesoth. lin. 8} ; metath. lin. 4J ; abdom. 

 lin. 16 + lin.2J = lin. 18^; tegm. lin. 2i ; ate, lin. 16 ; 

 alar, expans. fere unc. 3. 



Long. corp. fcem. unc. 4^ ; cap. lin. 2^ ; anten. unc. 3f ; 



proth. lin. 2^; mesoth. Hn. \0^ ; metath. hn. 5; abdom. 



lin. 21 + lin. 4 + operc. apice lin. 2=lin. 27 ; tegm. lin. 4 ; 



alae, lin. 19 ; alar, expans. unc. 3^. 



Hab. In Borneo (Sarawak) (Z). Wallace). In Mus. 

 W. W. Saunders, Mus. Hopeiano Oxonise, et B.M. 



The male is very slender and cylindrical, of a greenish- 

 black colour ; the abdomen and antennee black. The 

 head short and wide ; eyes large. Antennae very long, 

 black ; basal joint moderate- sized ; on the face between the 

 eyes is a circular depression. Mesothorax very slender, 

 and very finely granulated. Abdomen slender ; three ter- 

 minal joints short, bent upwards ; terminal joint slightly 

 notched at the tip ; anal styles short, obtuse ; three ter- 

 minal ventral segments swollen, extending to the extremity 

 of the abdomen, the terminal one emarginate at the tip. 

 Tegraiua small, oval, with a moderately raised conical 

 tubercle near the base ; the inner edge, as well as a spot 

 near the base, obscure red. The wings have the costal 

 area blackish brown, varied with obscure paler greyish 

 spots, with a reddish tinge along the fore and inner margin ; 

 posterior area black, with a curved row of pale blue spots 

 near the apex. Under side of the body and of the femora 

 tinged with green, except the metasteruum, which is brick- 

 red. The tibise slightly annulated with obscure paler 

 marks. 



The female is much larger and more robust. The head 

 and pro- and mesothorax greyish obscure, the latter finely 

 granulated, varied with blackish markings. The antennae 

 with a number of pale rings. The tegmina blackish, mot- 

 tled with greyish buff, as well as the costal area of the 



wings, the base of which is brown, tessellated towards the 

 middle with dirty-buff spots ; a large orange curved fascia 

 in the middle, followed by the curved row of blue spots as 

 in the male. The legs are alternately banded with buff and 

 blackish brown ; the three terminal segments of the abdo- 

 men are simple, with a curved upper outhne. The opercu- 

 lum is but little swollen, and extends considerably beyond 

 the extremity of the abdomen ; it is acutely bifid at its tip, 

 and is accompanied within by two elongated horny append- 

 ages bifid at the tip, the upper apex acute and elongated. 



Plate XXVIII. ¥\^. 6. The male, of the natural size. 5 a. 

 The terminal segments of the abdomen seen sideways. 



Fig. 6. The female, of the natural size. 6 a. The appendages 

 of the operculum seen from above. 6 b. The terminal seg- 

 ments of the abdomen seen laterally. 



69. (402.) Necroscia pulchella. 



Mas. Mesothorace subelongato, duabus lineis longitudi- 

 nalibus nigris notato ; alis obscuris, infra medium fusces- 

 centibus, lineis duabus luteis inter singulum nervorum par, 

 apice nigro-velutinis macula media flava, juxta aream anti- 

 cam producta ; area antica fuscescente, nervis tribus mediis 

 Ifete viridibus ; capite iuermi, ocellis nulhs ; antennis ni- 

 gris ; pedibus viridibus, femorum angulis duobus superiori- 

 bus nigris. 



Long. corp. 13'"; proth. 1'"; mesoth. 2'"; alar. 8^'". 



Phasma (Necroscia) pulchellum, De Haan, Orth. Orient. 

 p. 120. pL 15. f. 5, mas. 



Hab. In Sumatra (7)e i7«ff«) ; Sarawak (rFa//f/ee). In 

 Mus. Lugduueusi et W. W. Saunders. 



70. (403.) Necroscia Tages, Westw. 

 Plate XVIII. fig. 1, male. 



Gracilis ; mesothorace abbreviato ; alis maximis ; capite 

 fulvo ; pro- et mesothorace virescentibus nigro maculatis ; 

 tegminibus subquadratis, viridibus, carina media rufa, alis 

 nigricantibus, basi fasciaque subapicali maculari alba ; area 

 costali antice viridi, vena mediana nifa, postice nigra venulis 

 viridibus ; abdomine brunneo, segmentis apicalibus latera- 

 liter flavo variegatis. 



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



lin. 2f ; metath. lin. 5; abdom. lin. 11 -|- lin. 3 = lin. 14 ; 



tegm. lin. 2^; alse, lin. 19 ; alar, expans. unc. 3, lin. 5. 



Hab. In India orientali. In Mus. Hopeiano Oxoniae 

 (olim nostr.). 



I obtained the only specimen which I have seen of this 

 beautiful species from a large Indian Collection consigned 

 to Mr. S. Stevens for sale ; it is remarkable for the small 



