LIST or nOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



viffbt angle, parted from the second by much more than thrice its 

 lenfftli ; second nearly straight, slightly slanting, forming an ohtuse 

 angle, much shorter than the first ; third indistinctly waved, slant- 

 ing, forming a very slightly acute angle ; fourth nearly straight, 

 slanting, fonning a hardly acute angle, very little shorter than the 

 third ; fifth straight, very slightly slanting, forming a slightly obtuse 

 angle. Body greenish tawny : head very little narrower than the 

 fore-chest, adorned with a forked black mark on the region of the 

 eyelets, on each side of which there is a black dot ; an interrupted 

 black band in front; face slightly convex, not at all prominent, 

 adorned with two black stripes which inclosing an elliptical space 

 are united in front and proceed to the mouth, which is tawny, with 

 a black tip, and reaches the hind-hips : eyes prominent : feelers 

 black : fore-chest rather narrower in front than behind ; scutcheon 

 adorned with four slender black stripes ; middle pair slightly oblique, 

 somewhat curved, united on the hind border ; side pair very oblioue ; 

 beyond each of the hitter there is a shorter black mark whicn is 

 curved inward and reaches the side ; hind-scutcheon narrow in the 

 middle, much broader, slightly angular and extending beyond the 

 scutcheon at the base of each fore-wing, slightly excavated on each 

 side; scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with five slender black 

 stripes, the two side pair slightly oblique and much interrupted ; 

 hind border not excavated : abdomen tawny, longer and a little 

 narrower than the chest ; last segment adorned with two black ob- 

 conical stripes : oviduct black : legs tawny ; thighs marked with 

 black at the base ; fore-thighs adorned with two or three black 

 marks, armed with three black teeth, of which two are large and 

 one is small ; feet black ; hind-feet adorned with a broad greenish 

 tawny band ; claws dark tawny, with black tips : wings colourless, 

 very long and narrow ; tips of the fore-wings very slightly tinged 

 with tawny ; fore border greenish tawny as far as the black band, 

 tawny beyond to the tip ; veins black, pale tawny towards the base ; 

 fore-flaps brown ; hind-flaps brown at the base, along the fore bor- 

 der and along part of the hind border. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 24 lines. 



