Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
A large apterous species.
Mantis latistylus, Serville, var. Orthopt. Suites de Buffon page 179.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Mantis rubrocoxata, Serville ? Orthopt. page 203.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Acheta ? marginipennis, new species.
Thorax black with a yellow line above; head as wide as the thorax, with a blunted projection in front between the antennae, which are very long and situated in a groove in front of the eyes, and have their basal joint very large. No ocelli visible. Thorax wider than long, somewhat narrower in front than behind. Hemelytra very transparent, longer than the abdomen, lying flat upon one another, the outer margin bent down; the horizontal portion has many irregular nerves; there are two longitudinal nerves at the angle formed by the bent down outer margin, which extend from base almost to the tip, the spaces between these nerves being of a yellowish colour, the general colour greyish, there are several oblique parallel veins on the bent down margin; wings very short; posterior legs very long; femora much thickened, brown, at the base very pale; anal appendages very long and hairy. Somewhat allied to the Acheta arachnoides of Westwood, figured in the Naturalist's Library, Introduction to Entomology, volume 1 plate 6.
Habitat King George's Sound, Captain George Grey.
Tympanophora pellucida, new species. Illustration 22 Insects 5.