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All the femora unarmed beneath ; anterior and intermediate tibise with 6 

 pairs of inferior spines ; posterior femora with 2 very small genicular spines 

 on each side. Elytra much longer than the posterior femora, a little shorter 

 than the wings. 



Length of body, 14-5 mm. ; post, fern., 12 mm. ; length of tegmen, 19 mm.; 

 length of wing, 20*5 mm. 



The present species is very interesting as it belongs to the subgenus Neoxi- 

 phidion which contains chiefly American forms ; only two species of this sub- 

 genus have been described from the palearctic region ; C. japonicus Redt., 

 from Japan and C. Chavesi Bol., from Azores. Those three forms may be 

 distinguished as follows : — 



1. Cerci of S dentate in the middle ; dorsum of vertex and pronotum 

 unicolorous ; tegmina shorter than posterior femora which are spinose beneath. 

 G. japonicus, Redt. 



— Cerci of S dentate before the middle 2. 



2. Posterior femora longer than the body and than tegmina ; their inferior 

 margin with 1 or 2 spines G. chavesi, Bol. 



— Posterior femora entirely unarmed beneath, shorter than the body ; 

 tegmina very long G. buxtoni, Chop. 



Gen. — Phasgonura, Steph. 

 Phasgonura viridissima, L. 

 Mesopotamia: Amara, May 1918, 1(5, 4$. 



Gen. — Tettigonia L. 

 Tettigonia albifrons, f. 

 Mesopotamia : Amara, May 1918, 2(5,1$. 



Gen. — Pholidopteka, Wesmael. 

 Pholidoptera persica, n. sp. 

 (Fig. 21 to 23). 



Types : — One male from Persia, Qazvin, 20-7-19 (P. A. Buxton) — One 

 female, same locality, 20-9-19. 



Reddish grey or brownish. Head concolourous ; occiput a little darkened 

 behind the eyes ; fastigium of vertex short, broader than the fii-st joint of 

 antennte, slightly rounded at the apex, convex above, narrowing beneath and 

 separated from facial shield by a transverse furrow ; face glabrous, shining, 

 yellowish or brownish ; facial shield and clypeus with two small blackish 

 impressions. Pronotum concolorous with indistinct blackish marks on the 

 disk ; shape similar in both sexes, somewhat produced posteriorly, lateral 

 lobes high, their inferior margin subangulate, anterior margin straight, pos- 

 terior one subtruncate, lined, black ; disk without keels, convex anteriorly, 

 feebly depressed posteriorly ; presternum unarmed. Abdomen concolorous 

 with about 10 small black spots on the posterior edge of each tergite to the 

 7th ; 10th tergite of male presenting two long, almost cylindrical processes ; 

 supraanal valve triangular ; cerci short, bluntly curved near the apex which 

 is dentiform ; subgenital plate large, weakly emarginate at the apex ; 

 style cylindrical, equaling about the third of the plate. Titillators short, 

 sUghtly curved at the apex, basal part inflated with many small spines. 

 Pemale with 10th tergite emarginate, bearing short processes similar to those 

 of the male ; cerci conical ; subgenital plate large, very widely concave at the 

 apex. Ovipositor very short and thick, gently curved, blackish at the apex. 



