LOCUSTID.E. 439 



Genus 135. TEGRA. 



Foem, Corpus sat robustum. Verticis carina conica, vix excavata, 

 apice truncata eL subiiicisa. Oculi rotuudi, valde prominuli. Palpi 

 quatuor apice clavati, truncati. Prolhorax postice rugulosus; mar^o 

 auticus suhtruncatus, bilubeiculatus. Oviduclus arciiatus, subtilissime 

 serratus, abdomini aequilonjjus. Pedes robusti ; femora inermia, subtus 

 laujinata el incisa; tibiae spiuulosce. Als quatuor longse. 



Female. Body rather stout. Head a little narrower than the fore 

 border of the prothorax; keel of the vertex conical, hardly excavated, trun- 

 cated and slightly notched at the tip. Eyes round, very prominent. 

 Apical joint of the four palpi clavate, truncated, Auteunae long, slender. 

 Prothorax with a very slight longitudinal line and with two impressed 

 transverse lines which are abbreviated and united on each side ; fore border 

 advanced and truncated and with a tubercle on each side of the truncated 

 part; hind part rugulose; hind border rounded. Oviduct curved upward, 

 minutely serrated above, as long as the abdomen. Legs stout; femora 

 (ilie middle pair especially) laminated and notched beneath ; tibite with a 

 few very minute spines beneath ; middle tibiae slightly laminated. Wings 

 long, of equal length. Fore wings rather broad, much rounded at the tips. 

 Hind wings rather narrove. 



The shape of the wings and the curved oviduct distinguish this genus 

 from Sanaa. 



1. Tegka Nov^-Hollandi^. 



Locusta Novse-Hollandiae, Haan, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 

 202, pi. 19, f. 4. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



2. Tegra? octoseriata. 



Locusta (Phaneroptera) octoseriata, Ha.an, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. 

 Bez. Ins. 195, pi. 19. f. 5. 



Java. 



Genus 136. MERONCIDIUS. 



Meroncidius, Serv. Rev. 53; Hist. Orth. 448 — Acanthodis, p., Brulle, 

 Burm. Uandb. Ent. ii. 700. 



Nearly all the known species of this genus are included in the fol- 

 lowing synopsis. The species here described agree in the following 

 characters: — Vertex with a double lanceolate keel. Oviduct very minutely 

 serrated above. Femora with one row of spines; four anterior tibiae with 

 two rows of spines; hind tibiae with four rows. Fore wings narrovir, 

 minutely reticulated. 



A. Prothoracis discus non dentatus. 



a. Alse posticae pallido fasciatae aul maculatae. 



* Alae aniicae longae. 



f Prothorax albido non vittalus. 



