14 PROCEEDINCS OF THE NATin\AL yrrSETM. vouxx 



vex beliin<l ; the portion of the metxHtcrnum lyitiK behind the lolico 

 luttTall y extended, rciichin); to the coxae ; tej^niina fully developed 

 oruhlireviate, but overla|>|iin)(, with many longitudinal vcinn; cerci 

 of uiule very stout and bullnte on b.-iHul half or more; abdomen ))t 

 fenitk,le bluntly rounded apically, the posterior Mejjmentsnmchabbrp 

 viated; ovii»o«itorbutHliKbtlyex8erted. . 27. (fedaleonotiia {ii.3[H> 

 jK Relatively sl'Mxler-lxxlied ; dorsal dink of prozona not tuniiil 

 independently of the meta/ona; ])ronotum truncate ]>o«terior]v; 

 ]>ortion of metasternnm lyin^ behind tlie lolie.s laterally abl»re 

 viiited, mtuh narrower tiian the wi<ltli between coxae; tej^unin 

 linear, lateral, distant, with only a few lon},itndinal veins; abilo- 

 men of female tapering rej^ularly to a pointed tip; ovipositor n<M. 



niully exsertcd 28. .iseiitoplus {\}.3U\ 



/-. le^niina wantiiig; sides of tirst abdominal segment with no tym- 



pannm 29. J'hilorhon (p.3;ii; 



€'-. Kaee rather stro ^ly ob ique, the ai gle it makes with the fastigimi; 

 varying about from 55"- to 07^ ; eye.* elongate, almost or (jnite twice as loiif 

 as broad; ]»orti<tn of metasternum lying beliinil the lo]»es subtriangular, not 

 greatly broader than long; tegmiua linear and lateral or absent. 



30. Jptenopedea {p.3^f< 



1. GYMNOSCIRTETES, new yenus. 

 (yvuvo?, naked (in allusion to its apterous condition); dHifjrdoo, to leap.) 



Gymnudciitftes BnvyiKfifMS. * 



Body exceptionally long and slender, subcylindrical, a little com 

 pressed. Head excepting eyes scarcely enlarged, the face considerably 

 declivent; vertex scarcely (male) or somewhat (female) tumid, triaii 

 gular, the eyes approximate, especially in the male where the slendei 

 fastigium between tliem is narrowly snlcate; fastiginm declivent. 

 expanding greatly in front and broadly hollowed; frontal costa oi 

 moderate width but distinctly broader than the interspace between the 

 eyes, subequal but constricted just below the ocellus, percurrent, sul 

 cate; eyes large, prominent, i)articularly in the male where they are 

 subrotund, while in the female they are nearly half as long again a^ 

 broad, in both sexes but particularly in the male about twice as long 

 as the anterior infraocular portion of the genae; antennae ratherslendei 

 cylindrical, much longer than the head and pronotum together. Pro 

 notum compressed cylindrical, truncate at each extremity, with com 

 pletely parallel sides and with a slight uniform median carina, the 

 prozona quadrate above and fully three times as long as the metazoua 

 its two median sulci slightly impressed, subai)proximate, and distant 

 from either margin ; lateral carinae wholly absent, the lateral lobes ven 

 short, their lower margin obtusely angulate, the posterior angle distinct 

 but obtuse. Prosternal si)ine rather slight and moderately slender 

 conical, erect; mesosternal lobes subattingent in both sexes or evei 

 attingent in the male; metasternal lobes attingent in both sexes 

 Apterous. Fore and middle femora scarcely more gibbous m the malt 

 than in the female; hind femora very slender, unarmed; hind tibiat 

 with short spines, similar in length on either side, 8-9 in number in tbt 



