LOOUSTIDJE. 15 



hind tibiae wholly black ; larsi piceous. Fore wings ferruginous, paler 

 towards the base ; veins tawny. Hind wings cinereous ; veins blackish. 

 Length of the body 16 lines; of the fore wings 51 lines. 



a. Pernambuco. Presented by Spooner, Esq. 



Genus 3. DETNACRIDA. 



Anostotoma (Deinacridn) White, Grays ZooL Misc. Pi. 2, 78 ; Dieffen- 

 bach's New Zealand, ii. 280. 



1. DEINACRIDA HETF.RACANTHA. 



heteracantha, White, Grays ZooL Misc. Pt. 2, 71. Dieffenbach's N. Zea- 

 land, ii. 280. ZooL Voy. Erebus and Terror, xi. 24, pi. 5, f. 1. 



o. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Dieffenbach. 



b, c. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 

 d. New Zealand. 



Genus 4. ANOSTOSTOMA. 



Anostostoma, G. R. Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser.2, i. 14 1. Serv. Hist. Orlh. 

 385 Slenopelmatus, Burm. 



1. ANOSTOSTOMA AUSTRALASIA 



australasiae, G. R. Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2, i. 143, f. 16. Serv. Hist. 

 Orth. 388. Duncan, Nat. Libr. xxxiv. 254, pi. 14. 



a. Australia. 



b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Strange's collection. 



c. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



2. ANOSTOSTOMA FEMORALIS. 



Mas. Ferruginea, subtilissime punctata ; caput nigrieans, prolhorace 

 paullo latins, inter antennas subcarinatum, labro flaw ; palpi 

 fnaxillares nigricantes, basi testacei ; palpi labiales lestacei ; abdomen 

 breve, fills duobus apicalibus brevisaimis ; pedes nigri, femoribus 

 rufis apice nigr is, femoribus posticis oblique striatis supra serratis t 

 tibiis triseriatim luteo spinosis. 



Male. Ferruginous, very finely punctured. Head shining, blackish, 

 a little broader than the prothorax, slightly ridged between the antennae ; 

 three yellow dots representing the ocelli; labrum yellow. Eyes livid. 

 Mandibles tawny. Maxillary palpi blackish ; first and second joints testa- 

 ceous; third, fourth and fifth joints testaceous at the base. Labial palpi 

 testaceous. Antennae black. Prothorax transverse, with three very slight 

 transverse furrows, of which the first and second are interrupted. Pro- 

 sternum with two spines. Abdomen short, with two apical filiform 

 appendages which are shorter than the cerci. Legs black ; coxae and 

 femora red, the latter black towards the tips; four anterior coxae with a 

 stout spine; hind femora serrated above, obliquely ridged on the outer 

 side; tibiae with long stout luleous black-tipped spines which are arranged 

 in three series, those of the hind tibiae more numerous than the others ; four 



