162 CATALOGUE OF 



2. HEMIDEINA THOEACICA. 



Deinacrida thoracica, While, Zoot. 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. 



f,g- New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



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



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



3. HEMIDEINA FIGUKATA. 



Foem. Lutea ; caput fulvum, fron te transverse striata; prothorax litura 

 nigra subcithariformi ; mesothorax, metathorax et abdominis segmenta 

 nigro marginata; abdomen compressum, mtta dorsali nigra apicem 

 versus dilatata ; oviductus fulvus, arcuatus, apice piceus, abdominis 

 dimidio longior ; pedes robusti, breviusculi, tibiis posticis subdilalatis. 

 Var. j8. Caput testaceum. 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 antennae ; 

 front finely and transversely striated. Eyes slightly prominent. Palpi 

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

 labial palpi clavate. Antennae 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 atteauated 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 slout, rather short; femora with a 

 row of short oblique blackish streaks on each side ; hind femora wilh a 

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

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

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

 spines beneath. Var. ft. 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 

 16 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. 

 6. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair, 

 c. New Zealand. Presented by Miss Rye. 



