458 CATALOGUE OF 



3. MECOPODA RUFA. 

 Gryllus (Tettigonia) rufa, Stoll, Sant. et Grill, pi. 9, f. 37. 



It cannot be ascertained whether the specimen here registered is 

 identical with the species figured by Stoll. 



a. Corea. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 



4. MECOPODA IMPERATOR. 



Macrolyristes iinperator, Vollenhoven, Tijdschr. von Enl. 1865, 108, pi. 7. 

 Java. Borneo. 



Var. Foem. Fulva, subtus testacea ; vertex litura nigra quadrata signatus, 

 inter antennas transverse fastigiatus ; prolhorax disco piano , margine 

 antico undulato, margine postico rotundato ; oviductus fere rectus, 

 abdomine mullo longior ; pedes araciles,femoribus quatuor anteriori- 

 bus bispinulosis,femoribus posticis biseriatim spinulosis ; alcB anticcc 

 lata, subfalcatce, fuscescente plagiatce, nigricante sexmaculatce ; alee 

 posticcB obscure cinerece. 



Female. Tawny, dull, shining and testaceous beneath. Head 

 minutely punctured, a little broader than the fore border of the prothorax ; 

 vertex with a black transverse subquadrate ringlet ; space between the 

 anienna; broad, with a distinct transverse ridge. Eyes prominent, nearly 

 round. Fifth joint of the maxillary palpi subclavate, furrowed towards the 

 tip on the inner side, more than twice the length of the fourth. Disk of 

 the prothorax flat, widening hindward, with two transverse furrows, of 

 which the hinder one is curved; fore border undulating; hind border 

 rounded. Prosternum with two short spines. Mesosternum and meta- 

 sternum deeply notched. Oviduct almost straight, much longer than the 

 abdomen. Legs long; spines minute; four anterior femora with two 

 spines in one row towards the tips ; hind femora with two rows, lull two- 

 thirds of the length of the fore wings; four anterior tibia? with two rows of 

 spines; hind tibia? with four rows. Fore wings broad, subfalcate, longer 

 by two lines than the hind wings ; some of the areolets a little darker; six 

 blackish shining marks, of which four (the first and second very small) are 

 between the scapular vein and the externo-medial near the base, one in 

 the disk at two-thirds of the length, and one very near the interior border, 

 which is slightly excavated ; costa slightly rounded ; exterior border oblique. 

 Hind wings dark cinereous. Length of the body 18 lines; expansion of 

 the fore wings 62 lines. 



a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



5. MKCOPODA PLATYPHOEA. 



Foem. Ferruginea ; vertex antice rugulosus et transverse fastigialns ; 

 labrum albidum ; palpi testacei ; antenna fusca, testaceo anrndat<c ; 

 prolhorax scaber, disco piano, margine antico fere recto, margine 

 postico subrotundato; oviductus vix arcuatus ; pedes graciles ) femori- 

 bus anticis trispinulosis,femoribus intermediis inermibus, femoribus 



