i.-. OKTHUPTERA 



Characters. — In general appearance bearing a superficial resemblance to winged Phasmida . 

 Head moderate, horizontal, no longer than the pronotum; antennae pubescent, the basal segment 

 flattened. Pronotum elongate, the presternum unarmed. Abdomen slender, apically truncate, tin 

 ovipositor long, over twice as long as the pronotum, almost as long as the abdomen. Legs slender: 

 post -rior femora long and very moderately swollen basally ; anterior femora apically thickened, 

 somewhat curved; anterior tibiae with well developed open foramina. Elytra long and narrow, similar 

 in shape to those of certain winged Phasmids; wings ample, as long as the elytra and over six times as 

 broad, when closed hidden under the elytra. 



Type. — Prochilns australis, Biulle. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Australia, 

 i. Z. australis, Brulle, Hist. Nat. Ins. Vol. q, p. i5\ (i835) (Piochilus). — Australia. 

 Plate 2, Fig. 2. 



