LOCUSTID.E. 395 



Male. Black. Head reddish on each side in front of the eyes ; vertex 

 luteous, with four dark ferruginous stripes, of which the inner pair are 

 lanceolate and the outer pair are sometimes ohsolete. Eves tawny. Palpi 

 din<ry luteous, blackish at the tips. AnlennEB lu(eous, black at the base, 

 brown towards the tips, Prothorax with two luteous stripes, which are 

 united on liie bind border; sides with a transverse luteous streak and a 

 narrow luteous rim. Leg's piceous; keels of the femora, tibia? towards the 

 tips and spines of the four anterior tibiae luteous. Fore win>,'S with two 

 broad irregular yellow bands; tympanum pellucid. Hind wings blackish, 

 with a large yellow costal patch in the middle. Length of the body 

 10 lines; expansion of the fore wings 20 lines. 



a, b. Australia. Presented by the Haslar HospitaL 



The ScaphuridcB include the two following genera. 



Genus 118. SCAPHURA. 



Scaphura, Kirhy, ZooL Jnurn. i. 429; ii. 9. Serv. Rev.; Hist.. Orth. 428. 

 Bruiie^ Burin. Handb. JEnt. ii. 687. 



1. SCAPHDRA ViGORSII. 



Vigorsii, Kirhi/, ZooL Journ. i. 429; ii. 9, pi. 1, f. 1—6. Serv. Or(h. 429. 

 Burm. Handb.. Ent. ii. 687. , Enc. Meth. x. 345. 



a. Para. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. Brazil. From Mrs. Noel's collection. 



2. Scaphura ferruginea. 



ferruginea, Perty, Del. An. Art. 120, pi. 23, f. 11. Serv. Hist. Orth. 430. 

 Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 687. 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



b. Petropolis. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



3. SCAPHDRA NITIDA. 



nitida, Perly, Del. An. Art. 121, pi. 23, f. 12 ; Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 687. 



4. Scaphura Kirbii. 

 Kirbii, Westiv. Griff". An. Kingd. xv. pi. 63, f. 1. 

 Brazil. 



5. Scaphura Edwardsi. 

 Edwardsi, Westw. ZooL Journ. iv, 225. 



Brazil. 



6. Scaphura cHALYBiEA. 

 chalybaea, Marshall^ Ann. Wien. Mus. Naturg. i. 210. 

 Brazil. 



