LOCUSTID^. 30- 



West Indies. 



A. Fasiiiiiiim aciUuni. --._._ ascendens. 



B. Fa>ii^iuni obtiisuni. 



a. AloB amicae lusco guttatte. - - - _ . guttatus. 



b. Alae anliccB non guttatSB. 



* Pi'oihorax bivittaius. --._-- bilinealus. 



** Prolhorax non viiiaius. ----- occideutalis. 



11. CONOCEPHALUS GUTTATUS. 



guttatus, Serv. Hist. Oitli. 518. 

 Cuba. 



a, 6. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



c. Jamaica. 



d. West Coast of N. America Presented bv Capt. Kellelt and Lieut. 



Wood. 



12. CoNOCEPHALUS OCCIDENTALIS. 



occidentalis, Sauss. Rev. Zool. 1859, 207, 

 Haiti. 



13. CoNOCEPHALUS ASCENDENS. 



Foem. Viridis ; caput et prolhorax subtiliter punctata^ albido hivittata ; 

 fastigium lanceolalum,subascendens, supra sulcatum basi subtus deu- 

 iatum ; oviductus valde arcuatus, abdominis dimidis longior ; pedes 

 sat graciles, coxis anticis unispinosis,femoribus uniseriatim spinosis, 

 femoribus posticis tibiisque quatuor anlerioribus biseriatim spinosis ; 

 alee corpore longiores ; alee posticce diaphance, pallido venosce. 



Female. Green. Head and prolhorax finely punctured. Cone of 

 the head lanceolate; acute, furrowed above, obliquely ascending, a little 

 longer than the breadth between the eyes, testaceous except towards the 

 base, dentate at the base beneath ; a whitish stripe extending from the eye 

 to the hind border of the head and extending along the keel on each side 

 of the prolhorax; front slightly and transversely rugulose ; labrum and 

 mandibles whitish. Prolhorax with the sides of the flat dorsum parallel. 

 Mesosternum and metasternum with a much rounded lobe on each side of 

 the hind border. Oviduct much curved upward, a little more than half the 

 length of the abdomen; sheath very broad. Femora with a single row of 

 minute spines; four anterior tibiae with two rows of minute spines; hind 

 tibiae with four rows ; a spine on each of the fore coxae. Fore wings longer 

 than the body. Hind wings pellucid, rather shorter than the fore wings ; 

 veins pale. Length of the body 15 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 42 lines. 



It cannot be ascertained from the specimen described whether the 

 presternum is armed with spines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



