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half the leng-th of the body. Fore wing:s green towards the tips. Hind 



wings blackish cinereous, purple along the costa. Female. — Oviduct 



slightly curved, nearly as long as the abdomen. Length of the body 



23—27 lines. 



a. Cape. From Mr. Children's collection. 



h^ c. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



d—f. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



//. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



12. Saga indica. 



Locusfa indica, Herbst, Arch. Fuessly., pi. 53, f. 2 — Saga indica, BrulU^ 

 Hist. Nat. Ins. ix. 158. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 7U. 



Hindostan. 



13. Saga denttculata. 



denticulata, White, Greijs Journ. Exp. ii. 469. 



a — c. King George's Sound. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 

 d. Australia. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



e. 



Var. Male. — Luteous, slender, linear. Head and prothorax partly 

 tinged with green. Head very finely punctured, witb a short, porrect obtuse 

 spine between the antennae. Mandibles wiih black lips. Third and fourth 

 joints of the maxillary palpi about equal in length ; fifth much longer. 

 Antennae piceous towards the tips, about as long as the body. Prothorax 

 punctured, with a black stripe. Abdomen with a piceous macular stripe. 

 Legs long, slightly tinged with green; spines black, or with black tips; 

 four anterior femora with eight spines on the outer side and with six on the 

 inner side; hind femora with twelve spines on the outer side and with nine 

 on the inner side ; four anterior tibiae with six spines on each side; hind 

 tibiae with numerous spines in four rows. Wings less than half the length 

 of the abdomen. Length of the body 22 lines. 



/. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



14. Saga lute a. 



Foem. Lutea ; caput subtilissime punctatum, cornu antico brevi porrecto 

 obtuso ; prothorax longiludinaliter uni&ulcatus, transverse qvadrisul- 

 catus ; abdomen fusiforme ; oviductus perparum arcuatus, corpori 

 aquilongus ; pedes spinosi. 



Female. Luteous, slender. Head very finely punctured ; with a short 

 porrect obtuse spine between the antennae ; tore part much retracted. 

 AniennaB rather longer than the body. Protliorax with four slight trans- 

 verse furrows and with one short longitudinal furrow; first trans- 

 verse furrow curved near the fore border; second and fourth straight; 

 third angular. Abdomen fusiform. Oviduct very slightly curved upward, 

 as long as the body; tip black. Legs long; spines black or wiih black 

 tips; four anterior femora with eight spines on the outer side and with 

 fewer on the inner side ; hind femora with fourteen spines on each side 

 successively increasing in size to the apical one; four anterior tibise witb 



