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CATAI.OGUE OF 



7. Aprion fcscescens. 



Locusta (Aprion) fuscescens, Haan., Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 

 206. 



Java. 



8. Aprion carinatcm. 



Mas et foem. Pallide viride, gracile, carinatum ; caput anfice albidum, 

 carina lanceolata subxulcata peracuta ar.tennarum arliculo lo valde 

 anyusliore ; prolJwrax subtilitcr itibcro'ialus, nunyiiu: anlico valde 

 rolundato, lateribus margineqrie postico subanyidaiis ; oviductus supra 

 serratus, abdomine pauUo brevior ; pedfs spinulosis sat graciles ; alee 

 aquilongce ; alte anticci laliusculw, femoribus posiicis triplo lon- 

 giores ; casta valde rotioidata, margine inleriore recto ; alee posticcb 

 diaphance. 



Female. Pale green, fusiform, slender. Head slightly keeled above, 

 a little narrower than the fore border of the pruthorax ; fore part whitish, 

 shining, very oblique; keel of the vertex lanceolate, very acute, very 

 sli;!;htly furrowed, much narrower and a little shorter than the first joint of 

 the antennfe ; front flat, not atienuated between the sockets of the auteimae. 

 Eyes tawny, round, prominent. Proihorax keeled, minutely tuberculate, 

 with two transverse impressed lines; fore border arched, crenulaled on 

 each side ; sides and hind border slightly angular, the latter slightly 

 elevated. Abdomen slightly keeled. Oviduct black towards the tip, 

 serrated above for nearly half its length from the tip, a little shorter than 

 the abdomen. Legs rather slender; spines very minute; femora and four 

 anterior tibiit with two rows of spines; hind femora about one-third of the 

 length of the fore wings; hind tibis quadrilateral, wiih three rows of 

 spines. Wings of equal length. Fore wings rather broad, somewhat 

 lanceolate, minutely reticulated ; a white red-bordered dot in the disk near 

 the base; costa much rounded ; hind border straight ; space between the 

 scapular vein and the costa broad, with two or three rows of areolels, 

 attenuated and with a single row towards the tip; scapular and externo- 

 medial vein nearly contiguous, except towards the tip; three rows of large 

 regular quadrate areolets between the externo-medial and the anal vein; 

 one row of small quadrate areolets along the interior border. Hind wings 

 pellucid, minutely reticulated at the tips; veins pale green; transverse 

 veins while. Length of the body 14 lines; expansiou of the fore wings 

 42 lines. 



Male. Smaller. Supra-anal lamina notched. Subgenital lamina 

 with two long slender styles. Fore vvir.gs vviih a less conspicuous dot. 

 Length of the body 8^ Ihies; expansiou of the fore wings 26 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Mr. Sowerby's cullecticm. 



b. Ceylon. From the Rev. Mr. \Venham's collection. 



9. ApEION GliACILE. 



Mas. Testatum, gracillimum ; caput subprnduciiim, carina lanceolata 

 subsulcata antennarum articulo \o pauUo angiistiore ; prothorax 

 cariuatus, subtuberculatus, jitargiuibvs anlico el postico subangulatis. 



