LOCUSTID^. 293' 



six spines on each side ; hind tibiae with numerous spines in four rows. 

 Lenjjth of the body 18 lines. 



The oviduct is longer than that of 5*. denticulata. 



a. Swan Eiver. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



15. Saga parvula. 



Mas. Testaceo-riridis, punctata ; caput cornu hrevi porrecto lato lineari 

 apice rotundalo, iiluris quatuor fronteque nigris ; prolhorax strigis 

 duabus nigris longitudinalibus arcuatis valde interruptis, dorso piano, 

 lateribus margineque postico subrotundatis ; sternuyn nigrum, testaceo- 

 viridi marginatum ; femora quatuor posteriora fusco conspersa ; 

 femora intermedia trispinulosa ; femora postica biseriatim spinulosa ; 

 tibi(B quatuor anteriores biseriatim spinosce ; tibiae poslicce quadri- 

 seriatim spinulosa ; alcB anlicce fusco bifusciatce, abdomen non super- 

 antes. 



Male. Testaceous-green. Head and prolhorax thickly punctured. 

 Head with two small black marks on each side, one by the eye, the other 

 on the hind border; a broad linear porrect protuberance, much rounded in 

 fixiut and extending a little beyond the first joint of the antennae ; front 

 black, long, very oblique. Mandibles black. Eyes very prominent. 

 Fourth joint of the maxillary palpi a little shorter than the third; fifth 

 much longer than the third. Antennae about twice the length of the body. 

 Prothorax with a curved much interrupted black streak on each side; the 

 flat dorsal surface dilated hindward; sides and hind border slightly 

 rounded, the latter slightly notched on each side. Sternum black, bordered 

 with testaceous-green. Abdomen with two bidentate apical hooks; ventral 

 segments piceous. Four posterior femora speckled with brown ; middle 

 femora with three minute spines beneath ; hind femora with two rows of 

 minute spines beneath ; four anterior tibiae with five small black-tipped 

 spines on each side beneath; hind tibiae with four rows of minute spines. 

 Fore wings not extending beyond the abdomen, with two broad brown 

 bands; first band basal, interrupted ; second subapical, entire. Length of 

 the body 9^ lines. 



a. Oahu, Sandwich Islands. Presented by Capt. Beechey. 



Sect. n. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Caput conicum, prothorace paullo latins, 

 cornu antico parvo conico porrecto; frons longa, valde obliqua. Oculi 

 rotundi, valde globosi. Palporum articulus 3us 4o longior, 5o brevior. 

 AntennEB graciles, corpore longiores. Prothorax a pud medium coarctatus, 

 margine postico roiundato. Oviductus subarcuatus, abdomine paullo 

 longior. Pedes longi, femoribus libiisque quatuor anierioribus biseriatim 

 sexspinosis, femoribus posticis biseriatim spinosis, tibiis posticis quadri- 

 seriatim spinosis. Alae anticae angustas. Alae posticae longiores. 



Female. Body slender. Head conical, a little broader than the pro- 

 thorax, with a little conical porrect protuberance between the antennae; 

 front long, very oblique. Eyes round, very prominent. Third joint of the 

 maxillary palpi longer than the fourth, shorter than the fifth. Antennae 

 slender, longer than the body. Prothorax saddle-shaped, slightly contracted 



