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decrease in length and are lono;er on the Inre tibiae than on the middle 

 libisB ; hind tihiEe with four rows of minute spines. Wings lonw-. P'ore 

 vvinijs rather narrow, cinereous, very ihicklv and irregularly reticulated, a 

 little longer than the hind wings, which are ample. 



It resembles Xiphidium in ihe slructure of the head, and Locusta in 

 the structure of the fore tibia?. 



1. Pjura munda. 



Foem. Testacea ; vertex ferrugineus ; anlenntB nigro fasciafcB ; pro- 

 thoracis disctis ferrugineux, nigra viarginntus ; oviductus apice 

 fidvus ; femora poslica dimidio apicali, (ibice larsique fernigmea ; 

 alee anlictc striga poslica fusca ; ala poslica- diophance, albido 

 venosce. 



Female. Testaceous. Vertex of the head ferruginous. Mandibles 

 ])iceous. Antennae with several black bands. Flat pari of the prothorax 

 ferruginous, bordered with l)lack. Sheaths of the oviduct tawny towards 

 the tip. Hind femora for half the length from the tips, libite and tarsi 

 ferruginous. Fore wings with a brown streak alony: nearly half the length 

 of the interior border from the base. Hind wings pellucid ; veins whitish, 

 Length of the body 14 lines; expansion of the fore wings 38 lines. 



a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



Genus QQ. LOCUSTA. 



Locusta, Fa6r., Serv. Hist. Orth. 529. Burm, Handh. Eni. ii. 713. Fisch. 

 de W. Orth. Boss. 147. Fisch. Orth. Eur. 250— Gryllus, Linn.— 

 Aerida, Curt. — Phasgonura, IVestw., Steph. 



1. Locusta viridissima. 

 Geoff. Ins. Par. i. 398 — Gryllus (Teltigonia) viridissimus, 



Linn. Faun. Suec. 869. Stoll. Saul, el GryU. pi. 23 b. f. 91. 

 De Geer^Ins. iii,277 — Conoceplialus viridissimus, Thunh.Mem. v. 278 

 — Li»custa viriilissin)a, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 41. Sch. Icon. pi. 91, f. 6 ; 

 pi. 139, f. 3—5 : pi. 247, f. 4, 5. Roes. Ins. ii. 65, pi. 10, 11. Lair. 

 Hist. Nat. xii. 130 ; Gen. iii. 100. Pam. Faun. 89, f. 18, 19. Zett. 

 Orth. Suec. 59. Charp.Hor. Ent. 108. BruUe, Hist. Nat. Ins. ix. 

 148, pi. 14, f. 4. Philippi, Orth. Berol. 18. Sew. Hist. Orth. 529. 

 Burm. Handb. Eni. ii. 713. Fisch. de W. Orth. Ross. 148, pi. 4, f. 1. 

 Fisch. Orth. Eur. 251, pi. 14, f 5. De Borck, R'dtv. Ins. 56, pi. 2, f. 2. 

 — Phasgonura viridissima, JVestw. Classif. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. 

 Mand. vi. 16. 



Japan. 



u — h. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



i—k. England. 



I. France. 



m. L')uvaine. Presented by Lady Seymour. 



