LOCUSTIDiE. 297 



sectors inegii];ir. Hind wiugs cinereous. Length of the body 24 lines ; 

 of the winj;s 40 lines. 



The smaller size and slender structure distinguish it from A. mega- 

 cephala. 



Soloinon's Isles. 



rt. New Hebrides. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 

 b. ? 



7. AgR;ECIA eugifrons. 



Mas et foem. Tesiacea ; caput unispinosum, prothorace latius, vertice 

 punctato lateribus sutcatis, lineis duabus lateralibus transversis nigri- 

 canlihus, fronte rugosa noiumnquam nigricanle ; palpi pallide tes- 

 tacei; prnlhnrax aspere punctalus, transverse bisulcatus, margine 

 subrpfiexo exparte nigra, margine paslico producto rotundato ; abdo- 

 men apice cornubus ditobus crassis truncatis bidentatis sphiisque 

 duabus inferioribus ; pedes biseriatim spinosi, femoribus poslicis 

 nniseriatim spinosis, tibiis posticis quadriseriatim spinosis ; alee 

 antica; densissiine reticulata: ; alee posticce cinerece, Foem. — Oviduclus 

 fiilvus, arcuutus, abdomine brevior. 



Male. Testaceous. Head broader than ihe proihorax ; vertex punc- 

 tured, obliquely furrowed on each side; an a<;ule spine between the eyes; 

 front wiih live irregular longitudinal ridges and on each side with trans- 

 verse ridges; a blackish line on each side extending from the eye to the 

 mouth between the vertex and the front; labrum black at the base. Eyes 

 very prominent. Mandibles black towards the tips. Palpi pale testaceous ; 

 fourth joint almost as long as the third ; fifth clavale, truncated, nearly 

 twice the len^ih of the fourih. Antenna} sometimes nearly thrice the 

 length of the body. Prothorax roughly punctured, with a slightly reflexed 

 and partly black border and with two curved transverse furrows; hind part 

 elongated and rounded. Prosiernum with two spines. Abdomen at the 

 tip with two large truncate bidenlate appendages and with two inferior 

 spines. Legs stout ; fore coxae with one spine ; spines of the femora and 

 tibiae minute, with black tips or wholly black; fore femora with seven black 

 spines on each side; middle femora with six spines on the outer side and 

 with two on the inner side; hind femora with a single row of ten spines, 

 which successively increase iu size ; fore lihi«e wiih six spines on each side; 

 middle tibiae with from ten to twelve spines on the outer side and with 

 much fewer on the inner side; hind tibiae with one row of four spines and 

 with three rows of spines, each from ten to twelve in number. Wings 

 extending a little beyond the abdomen. Fore wings irregularly and very 

 thickly reticulated. Hind wings cinereous. Var. /3. — Front and face 

 blackish ; labrum reddish except at the base. Middle femora with seven 

 spines on the outer side and with three on the inner side; hind femora wiih 

 a row of eleven spines. Female.— Ov\(\uct tawny, curved, shorter than the 

 abdomen. Length of the body 26—27 lines ; of the wings 45 — 47 lines. 



The wrinkled front distinguishes it from A. megacephala, A.solida and 

 A. facialis. 



a — c. Fiji Isles. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 

 d, e. Fiji Isles. From Mr. Stevens' colleciion. 



L 



