LOCUST1D.E. 277 



length from the base; veins pale testaceous. Length of the body 

 6 lines. 



o, b. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



c. New Zealand. Presented by the liev. W. Colenso. 



Oceania. 



31. XlPHIDIUM OCEANICUM. ^J^> '< 7^ *~ /?l 



oceanicum, Le Guil. Rev. Zool. 1841, 293. 

 Hainoa. 



32. XlPHIDICM TEIVITTATUM. 



trivittatum, Slal, Eug. Resa, 323. 

 Isle Tahiti. 



Country unknown. 



33. XlPHIDIUM VALIDUM. 



Fcem. Viride ; caput villa fnsca niyricanle marginata palporum arti- 

 culus 3us 4o perparum longior ; bus 4o sat longior ; antennae 

 picea ; prnlhorax villa lala lestucea linens duas nigras includcnle 

 poslice abbreviala ; abdominis dorsum teslaceum ; oviductus fulvua y 

 vulde arcuatus, abdomine longior ; libice supra fuxcescenles ; alee 

 diaf/hana ; alee antica villa postica lurida, alee postica perpaullo 

 longiores. 



Female. Grass-green, in structure like X. fuscum. Head with a 

 brown stripe widening from between the eyes to the hind border and 

 bordered with blackish. Eyes testaceous, prominent, slightly elliptical. 

 Third joint of the maxillary palpi very little longer than the fourth; fifth 

 rather longer than the third. Antennae piceous, testaceous at the base. 

 Prothorax with a broad testaceous stripe .which is much abbreviated towards 

 the hind border and includes two black stripes. Abdomen testaceous above. 

 Cerci green. Oviduct tawny, much curved, rather longer than the abdo- 

 men. Tibiae brownish above; tips of the four anterior tibia? pale green. 

 Wings pellucid; veins green. Fore wings with a lurid stripe beyond the 

 middle along the interior border. Hind wings very little longer than the 

 fore wings. Length of the body 8 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 19 lines. 



This species is somewhat stouter than X. fuscum, and the oviduct is 

 more curved, 

 a. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Genus 61. LETANA. 



Mas. Corpus lineare, gracillimnm. Caput prothorace vix angustius, 

 inter antennas subcarinatum ; frons erecta. Oculi rnagni, brevi-elliptici, 

 valde gloliosi. Palporum articulus 3us 4o multo longior. Antennae 

 gracillimae, corpore duplo longiores. Prothorax dorso piano, sulco longi- 

 tudinali sulcbque duabus transversis, lateribus margineque postico sub- 

 rotundatis. Sexualia maximum. Cerci cylindrici, longissimi, basi incrassati. 



