LOCUSTID/R, (ill 



Female. Testaceous, paniy green. Head and prothorax thickly 

 ipunclured. Cone of the head very broad, rounded in front, hardly extend- 

 ing beyond the first joint of the antennae, its under side rounded at the 

 base and very narrowly divided from the front. Mandibles black along the 

 inner side. AntennsB piceous, testaceous at the base. Prothorax with two 

 much interrupted blackish lines on the keels. Prosternum with two long 

 slender spines. Oviduct piceous, straight, testaceous at the base, nearly 

 4»s long as the body. Legs short, stout ; spines with black tips ; fore femora 

 with one minute spine near the tip; middle femora with three; hind femora 

 •and four anterior tibiee with two rows of spines; hind tibicB with four rows. 

 Wings not exteudintf beyond the abdomen. Hind wings pellucid ; veins 

 green. Length of the body 18 lines; expansion of the wings 27 lines. 



This species is much allied to the genus Lncusla and perhaps should 

 be separated from Conocephalus. 



>a. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's collection. 



30. Conocephalus exaltatus. 



Fa3m. Viridis ; fastigium testaceum, subascendens, subsulcatum, antice 

 latum rotundatum, antennarum articulum Vum superans, subtus 

 carinalum basi angulalum apice nigm fasciatum ; prosternum 

 bispinosum ; oviductus teslaceus,rectufi, corpore paullo brevior ; pedes 

 longi, gracilex, femoribus anticis unixpinosis, femoribus inlermediis 

 trispinosis ; alee longce ; aloe posticce diaphancB, albo venosce. 



Female. Green. Head and prothorax minutely punctured. Cone of 

 the head testaceous, slightly ascending, with a slight longitudinal furrow, 

 broad and rounded on the fore border, extending somewhat beyond the 

 first joint of the antennse, its under side keeled with an angle at the base 

 ^ud with a black band near the fore border; labrum and mandibles testa- 

 ceous, the latter black along the inner side. Antennae black near the base, 

 which is green. Prosternum with two long slender spines. Oviduct testa- 

 ceous, straight, a little shorter than the body. Legs long, slender ; fore 

 femora with one minute spine near the tip; middle femora with three in a 

 row; hind femora and four anterior tibiae with two rows of spines ; hind 

 tibiae with four rows. Fore wings slightly acute, a little longer than the 

 hind wings. Hind wings pellucid, much longer than the body; veins 

 white. Length of the body 18 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 54 lines. 



«. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Canaries. 



31. Conocephalus liRLviCAUDA. 

 Locusta (Conocephalus) brevicauda, Bridle, lies Canaries, 7(>. 

 Canaries. 



