LOCUSTID.E. aO I 



5. Saga ephippigera. 

 ephippigera, Fisch. de W. Orth. Ross. 185, pi. 30. 

 Caucasus Region. 



6. Saga ornata. 



— , Savigny, Descr. Egypte Orth. pi. 4, f. 11— Saga ornata, Burnt. 



Handb.'Ent.n.m. 



Egypt. 



7. Saga Syriaca. 

 Syriaca, Lucas, A. S. E. F. 1864. Bull. v. 

 Aleppo. 



8. Saga minuta. 



Locusta (Saga) minuta, Haan, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 

 209. 



Cape. 



9. Saga macrocephala. 



macrocephala, Schaum, Monats, Berl. Acad. 1853, 778. 



Mozambique. 



10. Saga elegans. 



elegans, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 29. 



Cape. 



11. Saga azurea. 



Gryllns (Tettigonia) azureus, Stoll. Saut. et Gryll. pi. 13, f. 53 — Gryllus 

 (Tettigonia) melanopterus? Linn. Syst. Nat. 430 — Saga azurea, Serv. 

 Hist. Orth. 540. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 711 — Locusta (Sagra) 

 melaiiopiera, Haan, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind, Bez. Ins. 209. 

 Mus. Lud. Ulr. 134. 



Var. P Mule. — Pale'yellowisli, slender, linear. Head very finely 

 punctured, with an obtuse very short horn between the antennae ; fore part 

 much retracted. Eyes ferruginous, prominent. Antennae piceous, pale 

 yellow towards the base, about as long as the body. Prothorax much 

 lonijer than broad, with two angular transverse furrows, and with a short 

 longitudinal furrow; fore border green. Abdomen partly green. Legs 

 long, slender; fore femora with seven spines on the outer side and with six 

 on ihe inner side; middle femora with seven spines on each side; hind 

 femora with twelve or fewer minute spines on each side; fore tibiae with 

 six spines on each side; middle tibiae with six or seven spines on each side; 

 hiud tibiae with numerous minute spines in three rows. Wings less than 



