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ENTOMOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA. 
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PLATE I. 
We will commence with the First Plate, which contains two figures of the 
Slender Spectres. The fii’st is named the Spined-necked Slender Spectre, or Cte- 
nomorpha spinicollis, Sp. 12. The tegmina are of a violet-brown, with a short 
longitudinal white line at the tip ; the basal half of the wings is yellowish \\ liite, 
with the apical half dusky; the costal area is dark yellowish brown, with the 
base yellow; the antennm are pale brown ; the head is blackish with three di¬ 
stinct stemmata placed triangularly in front; the mesothoi ax* is scatteied with 
sharp tubercles, and is yellowish brown ; the abdomen is rather darker, with the 
tip rather black ; the legs are rather short, dentated, especially the thighs. 
The specimen was brought from Melville Island, and is now deposited in 
the Rev. F. T. Hope’s collection. 
The second figure represents the Margined-winged Slender Spectre, or Cteno- 
inorpha marginipennis, Sp. 11, the body of which is of a blackish olivaceous; 
the mesothorax has a few scattered black rings, but. that of the female is covered 
with sharp tubercles ; the legs of this species are much longer than those of the 
last, and of a blackish olivaceous, with the four anterior thighs dentated, while 
the posterior legs are dentated throughout; the tegmina are yellowish green, 
with a broad white anterior margin ; the wings are of a brownish colour ; the 
costal area yellowish green, with the basal half of the anterior margin white; 
the antennae pale brown ; the abdomen is dark olivaceous, with two very small 
leaflets at the tip. 
The British Museum contains specimens of this species, which were brought 
by Mr. Hunter, (the surgeon who accompanied Captain King’s voyages,) pro¬ 
bably from the north-west coast; and the Rev. F. T. Hope is also in possession 
of this insect. 
* The thorax or trunk of insects is divided into three distinct segments. The first is termed the 
prothorax, or fore segment of the trunk; the second mesothorax, or middle segment of the trunk ; the 
third metathorax, or hind segment of the trunk : to each of these a separate pair of legs is affixed. 
