100 CATALOGUE OF 



obliquely truncated, a little longer than the second. Antennae very slender, 

 more than twice the length of the body. Proihorax narrower in front, 

 slightly transverse; lateral keels well defined; sides almost straight. Cerci 

 not more than half the length of the abdomen. Legs moderately stout ; 

 hind tibiae minutely serrated on each side, with five slender spines on the 

 outer side and with seven on the inner side. Fore wings rather narrow, 

 extending somewhat beyond the abdomen, reticulated beyond the tym- 

 panum; subcostal space with fourteen or fifteen oblique parallel branches 

 of the mediastinal vein. Hind wings extending much beyond the fore 

 wings. Length of the body 8 lines. 



gg. Fore wings extremely long. 

 h. Body stout. 



Genus 37. TARRAGA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput convexum, antice productum. 

 Oculi parvi, longiusculi, prominuli. Palpi longi, graciles, filiformes; arti- 

 culus 3us truncatus, 2o paullo longior. Antennae graciles, corpore valde 

 longiores. Prothorax magnus, postice latior, transverse impressus, lateribus 

 margineque postico valde rotundalis. Abdomen brevissimum, apice 

 bispinosum. Pedes graciles; tibiss spinosae; femora postica sub- 

 incrassata, apices versus attenuata. Ala3 anticae longissimae, inordinatim 

 reticulatae. 



Male. Body stout. Head convex, as broad as the fore part of the 

 prothorax; face elongated. jEyes small, elongated, prominent. Palpi long, 

 slender, filiform; third joint truncated at the tip, a little longer than the 

 second. Antennae slender, very much longer than the body. Prothorax 

 large, transversely and broadly impressed near the fore border, which is 

 straight; no lateral keels ; sides much rounded ; hind part elongated, much 

 rounded, covering the base of the fore wings. Abdomen very short, with 

 two spines at the tip. Cerci short ? Legs slender, moderately long ; hind 

 femora slightly incrassated, attenuated towards the tips; tibiae sulcate, with 

 four apical spines; anterior tibiae armed with four rather long spines on 

 each side ; hind libise with six short spines on each side; tarsi 3-jointed ; 

 first and third joints long ; second very short. Wings very long, about 

 thrice the length of the abdomen. Fore wings thickly and irregularly 

 reticulated; left wing covering the right one; two branches of theinterno- 

 median vein extending across the wing; mediastinal vein remote from the 

 scapular vein ; space between the two and 'between the former and the costa 

 irregularly reticulated; space between the scapular and theexterno-median 

 vein with regular transverse sectors. 



The single specimen of this genus will not allow a complete description 

 of its characters. It has most affinity to Phalangopsis. 



1. TARRAGA OBSCURA. 



Mas. Nigra ; caput antice fulvum ; prothorax postice fulvescens ; femora 

 subtus testacea; femora postica testaceo reticulata ; alee cinerece, piceo 



