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  On 
  the 
  Orthopterous 
  family 
  Mecopodida. 
  

  

  front. 
  Tegmina 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body, 
  subparallel, 
  obtusely 
  

   rounded 
  at 
  the 
  extremities 
  ; 
  testaceous, 
  slightly 
  marked 
  with 
  black 
  

   between 
  the 
  nervures 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  speculum 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  oval, 
  very 
  

   clear 
  hyaline, 
  and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  clear 
  vitreous 
  space, 
  extending 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  speculum 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  and 
  curving 
  downwards 
  opposite 
  

   to 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  side. 
  Wings 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tegmina, 
  

   semicu'cular, 
  fusco-hyaline. 
  Front 
  femora 
  with 
  6 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  carina; 
  front 
  tibiae 
  with 
  9 
  — 
  11 
  spines 
  on 
  each 
  carina; 
  inter- 
  

   mediate 
  femora 
  with 
  one 
  row 
  of 
  6 
  or 
  7 
  spines 
  beneath, 
  and 
  inter- 
  

   mediate 
  tibiae 
  with 
  about 
  12 
  pairs 
  of 
  small 
  spines 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  

   thickened 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  with 
  8 
  — 
  13 
  spines 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   with 
  about 
  20 
  spines 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  carinae 
  ; 
  tliose 
  on 
  the 
  

   two 
  lower 
  carinae 
  rather 
  less 
  numerous. 
  Cerci 
  short, 
  subgeuital 
  

   plate 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  two 
  long-jointed 
  hairy 
  processes 
  ; 
  ovipositor 
  of 
  

   female 
  hardly 
  cm-ved, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Dimensions. 
  — 
  ^ 
  . 
  Long. 
  corp. 
  45 
  millim. 
  ; 
  long. 
  ant. 
  circa 
  210 
  ; 
  

   al. 
  ant. 
  long. 
  41 
  ; 
  lat. 
  14; 
  al. 
  post. 
  long. 
  38 
  ; 
  lat. 
  29 
  ; 
  fem. 
  post. 
  42; 
  

   tib. 
  post. 
  40 
  millim. 
  

  

  5 
  . 
  Long. 
  Corp. 
  cum 
  ovip. 
  90 
  — 
  100 
  millim. 
  ; 
  long. 
  ant. 
  circa 
  

   220 
  ; 
  ovip. 
  37—39 
  ; 
  al. 
  ant. 
  long. 
  52—60 
  ; 
  lat. 
  13—16 
  ; 
  al. 
  post. 
  

   48—55 
  ; 
  lat. 
  37—40 
  ; 
  fem. 
  post. 
  44—50 
  ; 
  tib. 
  post. 
  41—43 
  millim. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Solomon 
  Islands. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  A 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  robust 
  species 
  than 
  71/. 
  vitt'i- 
  

   collis, 
  and 
  with 
  no 
  black 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  pronotum. 
  

   Described 
  from 
  one 
  male 
  and 
  five 
  females. 
  

  

  