276 CATALOGUE OF 



somewhat longer than the fore wings. Length of the body 6 lines ; expan- 

 sion of the fore wings 14 lines. 



a. South Australia. Presenter! by R. Bakewell, E*q. 



New Zealand. 

 30. XIPIIIDICM MAORICUM. 



Fcein. Viride ; vertex et prothorax vitta fusca flavo marginata ; capvt 

 cornu antico brevi rotundato subascendente ; antennas fuscce, basi 

 virides ; prothorax carinis lateralibus non determinates, margine 

 postico subrotundato ; abdomen ferruyineum ; cerci nigri ; oviductus 

 fuscus, abdomine longior ; ped.es graciles, femoribus posticis uni- 

 serialim spinulosis, tibiis quatuor anterioribus biseriatim sjrinosis, 

 tibiis posticis quadriseriatim spinulosis ; alte anlicee pallide virides, 

 corpora longiores, striga costali nigra ; alaz posticce diaphance, 

 longiores. Var. /3. Testaceum ; prothoracis vitta e tintis duabus 

 interrupts fuscis. 



Female. Grass-green. Prothorax and vertex of the head with a 

 brown stripe which is narrower towards the fore border of the proihorax 

 and is lanceolate on the vertex, and is bordered wilh pale yellow on 

 the outer side. Head with a slightly ascending rounded protuberance 

 between the antennae. Eyes prominent. Antennas brown, i>reen at the 

 base. Prothorax much dilated and obtusely angular in the middle on each 

 side ; lateral keels not defined ; hind border slightly rounded. Mesoihorax, 

 meiathorax and abdomen mostly ferruginous. Cerci blark. Oviduct 

 brown, paler towards the tip, longer than the abdomen. Legs slender ; 

 hind femora with a single row of rive very minute black spines; four ante- 

 rior tibiae with a few small spines on each side beneath; hind tibia?, wilh 

 numerous very minute spines in four rows. Fore wings pale green, longer 

 than the body, with a black streak along the basal part of the cosia. "Hind 

 wings pellucid, longer than the fore wings. Var. ft. Testaceous. Pro- 

 thorax with the stripe only indicated by two interrupted brown lines. 

 Length of the body 7% lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Male? Grass-green, short, smooth, shining. Prothorax and vertex 

 of the head with a brown stripe which is forked hindward in the former. 

 Head slightly ascending, prominent and rounded between the antennae; 

 fore part oblique; front and face large, separated by a slight transverse 

 suture. Eyes brown, irregularly tessellated with testaceous, rather large 

 and prominent. Antenna? testaceous, with numerous brown rings. Pio- 

 thorax partly testaceous in the disk, which has an irregular brown mark on 

 each side; lateral keels not defined; sides much dilated, obtusely angular, 

 partly bordered with brown; hind border rounded. Abdomen whitish, 

 much longer than the prothorax, with a broad black stripe which occupies 

 the whole of the tip. Cerci black, rather long. Legs testaceous ; femora 

 minutely reddish-speckled; hind femora beneath with a line of four minute 

 black spines; four anterior tibiae with two rows of minute spines beneath ; 

 hind tibiae with two rows of numerous minute black spines beneath and 

 with a few of the same above, their apical spurs very short. Fore wings 

 pellucid, as long as the abdomen, with a black costal stripe along half the 



