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Genus 62. MECONEMA. 



Locusta, Fahr. — Grvllus, Sulzer, &c. — Meconema, Serv. Rev. ; Hist. Orth* 

 503. Bridle, Hist. NaL Ins. ix. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 682. De 

 JBorck. Fisch. de W. Orih. Ross. 174. Flsch. Orth. Eur. 240. 



]. Meconema varia. 



Locusta varia, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 42. Panz. Faun, xxxiii. f. 1. Cfiarp' 

 Nor. Ent. 110. Latr. Hist. Nat. xii. 131. Zelt. Orth. Suec. 62? 

 Rossi. Faun. Elr. i. 267. Philippi, Orth. Berol. 20, pi. 1, f. 3 — 

 Grvllus viridissimns miijor, Sniz. Abgek. Gesch. \>\. ^, \. 9— Gryllus 

 arhoreus, Fuessl]/, Verz. Schiv. Ins. 22 — Locusta ihnhissurtR, Deg. Ins. 

 iii. 433 — Locusta nana, SioU. Saut. et GrylL. pi. 13 a. f. 55 — Couoce- 

 phalus varius, Thunb. Mem. v. 274 — Gryllus varius, Don. Brit. Ins. \\\. 

 pi. 79, f. 1 — Meconema varia, 5^>y. Rev. 61 ; Hist. Orth. 594. Bridle^ 

 Hist. Nat. Ins. ix. 151, pi. 15, f. 2. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 682. 

 Fisch. de W. Orth. Ross. 176, pi. 8, f. 6 — Meconema varium, Fisch. 

 Orth. Eur. 240, pi. 12, f. 19, 20. 



a — c. England. Presented by J. C. Dale. 

 f—p. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 q — t. England. 

 M. France. From Prof. Westwood's collection. 



2. Meconema subfdnctata. 

 subpunclatum, Moisch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix. 181. 

 Japan. 



3. Meconema albicoknis. 

 albicorne, Moisch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix. 18L 

 Japan. 



4. Meconema brevipennis. 

 brevipennis, Yersin, A. S. E. F. viii. 517. 

 Hyeres. 



Genus 63. LADNEA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Caput inter antennas subearinatum ; frons 

 erecta; labrura fere roiunduin. Oculi globosi. Palporum articulus 3us 

 4o multo longior; 5us 3o valde longior. Protborax transverse bisulcatus, 

 sulco postico angnlato, lateribus suhrotundatis, margine postito recto 

 utrinque inciso. Vagina valde arcuata, supra subtusque serrata, abdomine 

 paullo brevior. Pedes gracillimi, femoribus posticis tibiisque qualuor 

 iiaterionibus parce spinulosis, illis basi incrassatis, tibiis posticis quadri- 

 seriatian spinulosis. Alae anticse abdomen superantes, conferte reticulatae. 

 Al«e postit-ae paullo breviores. 



Female. Body slender. Head as broad as the prothorax, with a 

 minute keel between the antennae ; front erect; labrum nearly round. Eyes 

 prominent. Third joint of the maxillary palpi much longer than the 



