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CATALOGUE OF 



It may be distinguished from all the preceding Australian species of 

 this genus by its slender form and by its short oviduct. 



. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



62. PHANEROPTERA ALBIDICEPS. 



Fcem. Testacea, sat gracilis ; caput albidum ; oculifulvi,rotundi,pro- 

 tninuli ; antenna fulvce ; prolhoracis carince laterales bene deter- 

 minate ; sternum incisum ; oviduclus brevissimus, valde arcualus ; 

 pedes graciles, long iusculi^femori bus inermibus, tibiis spinulosis ; alee 

 antica angustce^ punctis nonnullis discoidalibus margineque postico 

 fuscis ; al( posticce diaphance, ptaga apicali testacea. 



Female. Testaceous, smooth, rather slender. Head whitish, with the 

 usual structure, almost as broad as the prothorax; fore part shining. Eyes 

 tawny, round, prominent. Palpi with the usual structure. Antennae tawny, 

 long, slender. Prothorax with a flat disk which widens very slightly hind- 

 ward and is bordered on each side by a sharply-defined keel ; fore border 

 slightly excavated ; sides and hind border rounded. Sternum notched in 

 each division. Oviduct deep, much curved, not more than one-fourth of 

 the length of the abdomen. Legs slender, rather long ; femora without 

 spines; hind femora incrassated for more than half the length from the 

 base; four anterior libiaa with very minute spines ; hind tibiae with minute 

 spines. Fore wings narrow, shorter by nearly one line than the hind wings, 

 with a few brown points in the disk and with brown minute areolets along 

 the hind border; large areolets irregular. Hind wings pellucid, with a 

 testaceous apical patch; longitudinal veins pale testaceous; transverse 

 veinlets white. Length of the body 9 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 28 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 



63. PHANEROPTERA? TENUIS. 



Mas. Pallide testacea, gracillima ; oculi elliptici, non prominuli ; pro- 

 thorax longus, subsulcatus, postice subcarinatus, carinis lateralibus 

 bene determinatis ; sternum integrum ; cerci graciles ; pedes 

 gracillimi, femoribus inermibus, tibiis spinulosis; ala anticce per- 

 angustce ; alee posticce albce, plaga apicali pallide testacea. 



Male. Pale testaceous, smooth, very slender. Head with the usual 

 structure, a little narrower than the prothorax. Eyes elliptical, not pro- 

 minent. Palpi with the usual structure. Antennae long, slender. Pro- 

 thorax elongate ; disk flat, widening hindward, with two well-defined lateral 

 keels, and with a slight longitudinal furrow which towards the hind border 

 is replaced by a slight keel ; fore border hardly excavated ; sides and hind 

 border slightly rounded. Sternum not notched. Cerci and the two lower 

 appendages lanceolate, slender. Legs long, very slender; femora unarmed; 

 hind femora slightly incrassated for a little more than half the length from 

 the base ; four anterior tibia3 with a few very minute spines ; hind tibiae 

 with minute spines. Fore wings very narrow, shorter by three lines than 

 the hind wings; areolets mostly irregular. Hind wings white; apical 



