ACRIDID^. 485 



saddle-shaped ; disk flat, wider hiiidward, with two transverse furrows and 

 wiih distinct lateral keels; fore border slightly concave ; sides rounded; 

 hind border sli>;htlv convex. .Oviduct hardly curved, rather longer than 

 the body. Legs slender, nillier long; femora with two rows of minute 

 spines i)enealli ; four anterior tibiie with two rows of long spines ; hind libiiE 

 with minute spines on each side of the biur keels. Fore wings about twice 

 the length of the body ; veins pale. Hind wings pellucid. Length of the 

 body 9 lines; expansion of the fore wings 38 lines. 

 a. Hindostan. In Dr. Leith's collection. 



Fara. ACRIDTD^. 



Acridii, Latr. — Acridiodea, Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 591. 



This large group may be easily distinguished from the Gryllidx and 

 from the Locusfidce by the short antennae, and includes several limited 

 families. 



A. Tarsorum ungues arolio instruct!. Spongiphori, "Serv. Hist. Orlh. 563. 

 a. AnlennEB (j-articulalse aut S-articulatae. 



Fam. 1. PROSCOPID^. 

 Proscopidae, Serv. Hist, Orlh. 565. 



A. Caput ascendens. --._.-!. Pboscopia. 



B. Caput horizoutale - . - - . 2. CEPHALOCiEMA. 



Genus 1. PROSCOPIA. 



Proscopia, Hoffin. Klug, HorcB Phy^. Berol. 19. Latr. Fam. Nat. Serv. 

 Hist. Ort/i. 571. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 603. Blanch. Gay, Chile, 

 vi. 59. 



The P. striata of Blancliard is probably distinct from the P. striata of 

 Klug, and in that case will require a new name. King's work on this 

 genus is not accessible in London, and the characters of the species 

 described by Burmeister are very short. 



1. Pboscopia spinosa. 



spinosa, Klug, Horce Phys. Berol. 23, pi, 4, f. 8, Burm. Handb. Ent. 

 ii. 604. 



Bahia. 



a. South America, From Mr. Warwick's collection, 



2. Proscopia granulata. 



granulata, Klug, Hora Phys. Berol. 23, pi. 4, f. 7, Serv. Hist. Orth. 575, 

 Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 604, 



Bahia, 



