locustid;e. 165 



towards the lip. Oviduct slightly curved, much shorter than the ahdomen. 

 Legs thick, moderately long; femora with ohli<|iie interrupted black streaks 

 on eacli side ; hind femora beneath with a few slight denticulations on each 

 side, and near the tip with a single row of four small piceous spines which 

 to the fourth successively increase in size; four anterior tibiae with four 

 short spines on each side ; fore tibiae compressed towards the base ; hind 

 tibia? ferruginous, slightly dilated, with three small spines beneath, with 

 three thick spines on the outer side and with four on the inner side, those 

 on the inner side longer than those on the outer ; tarsi ferruginous. Length 

 of the body 15 lines. 



The shorter oviduct and the more dilated hind tibia? distinguish this 

 species from H. thoracica. 



New South Wales. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



8. Hemideina fusifera. 



Fcem. Lutea, punctata ; caput piceum, carina subfoveolata, facie labro- 

 que luteis ; palpi lulei, apice picei ; prothorax litura nigra subcithari- 

 formi, sulcis duobus obliquis ; mesothorax, melathorax el abdominis 

 segmenta marginibus posticis nigricanlibus ; abdomen compressum ; 

 oviduct us subarcualus, abdomine vix brevior ; pedes crassi, tibiis 

 posticis rufescenlibus subdilatatis biseriatim quadrispinnsis. 



Female. Luteous, convex, shining, punctured. Head piceous, not 

 broader than the prothorax, with a slight grooved keel between the sockets 

 of the antenna?; face and labium luteous. Eyes piceous, small. Palpi 

 luteous; fifth joint of the maxillary palpi piceous, about one-fourth of the 

 length of the fourth ; third joiut of the labial palpi piceous, clavate, as long 

 as the second. Prothorax transverse, with a black somewhat lyre-shaped 

 figure in the disk and with an oblique furrow on each side; borders 

 slightly reflexed. Mesothorax, melathorax and dorsal segments of the 

 abdomen with a blackish band on each hind border. Mesothorax and 

 metaihoiax with a few black speckles. Abdomen compressed. Oviduct 

 slightly curved, almost as long as the abdomen. Legs thick ; femora with 

 oblique interrupted black streaks on each side; hind femora with a few 

 denticulations on each side and with a single row of four small spines; 

 four anterior tibia? with three small spines on each side ; hind tibia? reddish, 

 slightly dilated, with four thick spines on each side, those on the inner side 

 much longer than those on the outer ; tarsi reddish. Length of the body 

 18 lines. 



a. Richmond River, Australia. From Mr. Leycester's collection. 



Genus 7. LICOLA. 



Mas. Corpus crassuin, glabrum. Caput subglobosum, prothorace 

 latius. Palpi maxillares longi. Antenna? corpore plus duplo longiores. 

 Prothorax antice latior, sulcis duobus transversis, 2o interrupto. Cerci 

 dense pilosi. Pedes robusti ; femora intermedia extus, trispinosa, intus 

 quadrispinosa ; femora postica septemspinosa ; tibia? quatuor anteriores 

 quinquespinosa? ; tibia? postica? extus quadrispinosa?, intus quinque- 

 spinosa?. 



