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Alurnus Lansbergei, Salle (pi. 19, fig. 2), belongs to a genus of rather large 

 South American Chrysovielidce. It is black, with red thorax, and 

 straw-coloured elytra, each marked with a black streak and spot ; and 

 it is common in Brazil. 



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Blepharis Mendica, Fabr., (pi. 20, fig. 5), is common in North Africa and 



Western Asia. It is pale green, mottled with white, and the hind 



wings are mostly greenish hyaline. It is remarkable for its curious 



quadrangular thorax. 

 Evipusa Faiiperata, Fabr. (pi. 21, fig. 1), is a pale green sj^ecies, with a 



long spear-like projection on the head. It is common in the countries 



round the Mediterranean. 

 Cyphocrania Goliath, Gray (pi. 21, fig. 2), is a large green Australian 



stick-insect, with white markings on the legs and tegmina. Our 



figure represents it of about half the natural size. 



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Hetrodes Pupa, Linn. (pi. 22, fig. 2), belongs to an African group of curious 



spring wingless crickets. It is brown, and is common in South Africa. 

 Anostostoma Australasia;, Gray (p. 22, fig. 4), is a brown Australian cricket, 



with long slender antenna^, and is remc»rkable for its enormous jaws. 



The large hind legs, with very thick femora, will be seen in the figure. 



A structure more or less similar is generally found in leaping insects. 

 CEcanthus Pellucens, Scop. (pi. 23, fig. 1), is a pale straw-coloured insect, 



common in South Europe, but scarcer in Central Europe. It makes a 



loud chirping sound at dusk. 



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Dedicus Vernicivorus, Linn. (pi. 24, fig. 1), is a large green grasshopper with 

 a row of brown spots on the tegmina. It is much conmioner on the 

 Continent than in England. 



Locusta Peregrina, Oliv. (pi. 24, fig. 2), is a reddish or yellowish locust, 

 with brown spots on the tegmina, and transparent wings. It abounds 

 in Africa and Western Asia, and is said to have been met with in 

 America. Sometimes, though very rarely, a few stragglers are met 

 with as far north as England. 



Eremobia Jamini, Lucas (pi. 24, fig. 3), is a large Algerian locust. It is 

 yellowish ; the tegmina are mottled with brown, and the hind wings 

 are greenish hyaline, and traversed by a broad black band. 



Caloptenus Italicus, Linn. (pi. 24, fig. 4), belongs to a genus of smaller 

 locusts. It is brown, with the tegmina marbled with paler and 

 darker. The wings are transparent, with the base red, and the hind 

 femora are brown, spotted with paler, and the hind tibiae are red. 



