162 CATALOGUE OV 



2. HEMIDEINA THOEAC1CA. 



Deinacrida thoracica, White, Zool. Voy. Erebus and Terror, xi. 25, pi. 5, 

 f. 2. 



a — d. New Zealand. Presented by Sir J. C. Ross. 



e. New Zealand. (In trunks of trees). From M. Pelerin's collection. 



/, g. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



h,i. New Zealand. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



j — m. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



3. Hemideina figurata. 



Fcem. Lulea ; caput fulvum,fronle transverse striata; prothorax litura 

 nigra subcitharifortni ; mesothorax, metathorax el abdominis segmenta 

 uigro marginata ; abdomen compressum, villa dorsad nigra apicem 

 versus dilalata ; oviduclus fulvus, arcualus, apice piceus, abdominis 

 dimidio longior ; pedes robusli, breviuscuti, tibiis posticis subdilalatis. 

 Var. 13. — Caput teslaceum. Mas. — Caput nigricans ; abdomen non 

 vittatum, apice nigrum. 



Female. Luteous, convex, shining. Head tawny, thinly and finely 

 punctured, with a slight forked keel between the sockets of the antenna ; 

 front finely and transversely striated. Eyes slightly prominent. Palpi 

 tawny ; filth joint subclavate, longer than the fourth ; third joint of the 

 labial palpi clavate. Antenna? very much longer than the body. Prothorax 

 transverse; sides slightly reflexed ; a very slender longitudinal furrow and 

 with two much curved transverse furrows ; several connected black marks 

 in the disk forming a somewhat lyre-shaped figure. Mesothorax, meta- 

 thorax and abdominal dorsal segments with a black band on the hind 

 border of each, these bands attenuated on each side. Mesothorax with a 

 few irregular black marks. Metathorax with a black patch on each side. 

 Abdomen compressed, with a black stripe which is dilated towards the tip. 

 Oviduct tawny, curved upward, piceous towards the tip, a little more than 

 half the length of the abdomen. Legs stout, rather short; femora with a 

 row of short oblique blackish streaks on each side ; hiud femora with a 

 single row of three minute black-tipped spines near the tip ; four anterior 

 tibia; with four minute black-tipped spines on each side ; hind tibise with 

 four long thick black-tipped spines on each side and with three minute 

 spines beneath. Var. /3. — Head testaceous. Spines of the legs not black 

 at the tips. Male. — Head blackish' larger than that of the female. Abdo- 

 men without a stripe, wholly black towards the tip. Length of the body 

 15—21 lines. 



The stripe on the abdomen distinguishes this species from H. tho- 

 racica. 



a. Port Nicholson, New Zealand. " In wood.'' " ' Weta ' of natives." 



From Mr. Earl's collection. 



b. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



c. New Zealand. Presented by Miss Rye. 



