LOCUSTID.^. tJ19 



broader than lonjr, rounded and not narrower in front, extending a litile 

 beyond the first joint of ihe antenntE, formings at ihe base beoealh a slight 

 angle which is contiguous to the slight spine on the front. Mandibles with 

 blackish tips. Prothorax with a flat dorsum, with a slightly rounded hind 

 border, and with two sliiiht lateral keels. Spines of the prosternuin long, 

 slender. Sternum with an intennpled blackish stripe on each side. Abdo- 

 men with two rows of blackish dots on each side. Legs slender; spines as 

 usual. Wings extending much beyond the body. Fore wings with a few 

 brown points. Hind vvings pellucid ; veins pale. Length of the body 

 12 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 33 lines. 



The fastigiuni is a little shorter and less rounded in front than that of 

 the two preceding species, 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



5L CONOCEPHALUS DOESALIS. 



Mas. Viridis, dense punctatus, subtus testaceus ; fasligium longi- conicum, 

 acuium, subius carinutum ; prolhorax carinin lateralibus bene deler- 

 minatis, postice subochraceus ; pedes sat validly femoribus qualuor 

 anterioribus subspinosis ; alee anticce postice ochracece ; alee pusticce 

 diaphance, pallida venoste. 



Male. Grass-green, mostly testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax 

 very thickly punct^ired. Fasligium elongate-conical, acute, keeled beneath, 

 as long as the hinder part of the head; frc»nt with a short rounded spine 

 adjoining the fastigium ; clypeus smooth, green. Mandibles with black 

 tips. Prothorax wiih two distinct lateral keels; hind part pale ochraceous ; 

 transverse furrows very indistinct ; fore border and sides very slightly 

 excavated in the middle; hind border nearly straight, with the usual notch 

 on each side. Legs rather stout ; four anterior femora with a few spines ; 

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

 with four rows. Wings extending very much beyond the abdomen. Fore 

 wings pale ochraceous along the hind border. Hind wings pellucid; 

 veins pale. Length of the body 18 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 56 lines. 

 a. Amoy, China. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



52. CoNOCEPHALUS STRENUUS. 



Mas. Testaceus, dense punctatus; caput pallida qninque viltaltm; 

 fasligium longi-canicum, subtus subcarinatum ; frons subsulcata^ 

 fascia antica interrupta subarcuala ; mandibnlce nigra; prothorax 

 pallida trivittatus ; pedes sat robusti, femoribus qualuor anterioribus 

 subspinosis ; alee pasticee diaphanes, pallida venosee. 

 Male. Testaceous. Head and prothorax thickly punctured, with two 

 paler stripes which extend along the distinct lateral keels of tlie prothorax. 

 Head with a middle pale stripe and with two others exterior to those before 

 mentioned and extending from the eyes to the hind border; fasligium 

 elongale-conical, acute, shorter than the hinder part of the head, slightly 

 keeled beneath, where it is angular at the base; front with a slight longi- 

 tudinal furrow and with a black curved interrupted band on its fore border. 



