246 CATALOGUE OF 



the fore part of the vertex; front erect. Eyes round, very prominent. 

 Third joint of the maxillary palpi much longer than the fourth ; fifth nearly 

 linear, much longer than the third. Antennae slender, much longer than 

 the body. Prothorax finely rugulose, nearly flat in the disk, wiih two 

 transverse furrows, the fore one straight, the hinder one slightly curved ; 

 fore border rounded ; sides much rounded ; hind border nearly straight. 

 Prosternum with a long spine on each side; mesosternum and metasternum 

 with a short spine on each side. Oviduct curved upward, as long as the 

 abdomen. Legs rather slender; four anterior femora with a single row of 

 six minute spines; hind femora with two rows of several minute spines 

 and with two apical spurs; four anterior tibiae with two rows of short and 

 slender spines ; hind tibiae with four rows of minute spines. Fore wings 

 coriaceous, deflexed, extending to the tip of the abdomen. 



1. OCICA LUTESCENS. 



Foem. Pallide lutea ; prothorax viridi quadrimaculatus ; alee anlicte 

 margine anteriore nigro. 



Female. Pale luteous. Eyes fawn-colour, with a black stripe. Pro- 

 thorax with two green spots on each side, two near the fore border and two 

 on the hind border. Hind knees and tips of the spines black. Fore wings 

 with a black inner border. Length of the body 12 lines. 



a. Ovalou, Fiji Isles. From the Voyage of H. M. S. ' Herald.' 



Genus 45. THYREONOTUS. 

 Thyreonotus, Serv. Hist. Orlh. 495. Fitch. Orth. Eur. 256. 



1. THYREONOTUS CORSICUS. 



Pterolepis Corsica, Ramb Faune And. 60 Thyreonotus corsicus, Serv. 

 Hist. Orth. 497 Finch. Orth. Eur. 256. 



Corsica. 



2. THYREONOTUS? DORSALIS. 



Ephippigera dorsalis ? Brulle, Exp. Sci. Morte, 89, pi. 29, f. 8. 

 Greece. 



3. THYBEONOTDS PACHYMEBUS. 



Decticus pachymerus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 712 Thyreonotus pachy- 

 merus, Scud. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vii. 453. 



United States. 



4. THYREONOTUS DORSALIS. 



dorsalis, Scud. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vii. 454. 

 United States. 



5. THYREONOTUS SEMLENEUS. 

 semiaeneus, Serv. Hist. Orth. 496. 

 Cape. 



