352 CATALOGUE OF 



lateral keel on each side; fore border slightly excavated ; sides and hind 

 border rounded. Sternum notched in each part. Abdomen with a rosy 

 stripe which is dilated on the hind border of each segment. Oviduct with 

 the usual structure, less lhan half the length of the abdomen. Legs rather 

 long and slender; spines of the femora and of the four anterior tibiae very 

 minute; those of the hind tibiae larger. Fore wings rather narrow, shorter 

 by half a line than the hind wings; hind border and a line along the anal 

 vein testaceous; large areolets clearly defined, mostly regular. Hind wings 

 pellucid ; apical patch green ; veins greenish white. Length of the body 

 ]0 lines; expansion of the fore wings 30 lines. 



In the comparative length of the fore wings and of the hind wings it 

 much resembles P. lata, but the areolets of the fore wings are more regular 

 than in lhat species. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



59 . PHANEROPTERA VALIDA. 



Mas. Viridis, gracilis^ testaceo varia ; oeuli fusci, elliptici, prominuli ; 

 prothorax carinis latcralibus bene determinalis ; mesosternum et meta- 

 sternum vatde incisa ; cerci subarcuati ; cornicula duo infcra brevis- 

 sima ; pedes graciles, femoribus tibiisque spinulosis ; alee posticce 

 diaphana, playa apicati viridi. 



Mule. Green, smooth, slender. Body partly testaceous. Head with 

 the usual structure, a little narrower than the prothorax ; fore part shining. 

 Eyes brown, elliptical, prominent. Antennae long, slender. Prothorax 

 with a flat disk which widens hindward and has on each side a well-defined 

 lateral keel ; fore border very slightly excavated; sides and hind border 

 rounded. Mesosternum and metasternum deeply notched. Cerci lanceo- 

 late, slightly curved upward; the two lower appendages very short. Legs 

 long, slender ; femora and four anterior tibia? with very minute spines, 

 those of the hind tibiae a little larger; hind femora incrassated for more, 

 lhan half the length from the base; fore tibiae slightly dilated at the base. 

 Fore wings narrow, shorter by two lines than the hind wings ; large areolets 

 not distinctly marked, mostly irregular ; longitudinal veins with the usual 

 structure. Hind wings pellucid ; apical patch green ; veins very pale 

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

 36 lines. 



It may be distinguished from P. glaucescens, P. cnngtua and P. sub- 

 roseata by the fore wings, which are longer in proportion to the hind wings. 

 It is rather more slender than P. pinguis, and the spines of the hind tibiae 

 are smaller. 



a. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



60. PHANEROPTERA SIMPLEX. 



Foera. Viridis, sat gracilis; caput plagis duabus labrogue albidis ; oculi 

 pallide lividi, ovali, prominuli ; antenna fulva, basi pallide virides ; 

 prothorax luteo bivittatus, carinis lateralibus bene determinatis ; 

 sternum incisum ; oviduct us abdominis dimidio valde brevior ; pedes 



