LOCUSTIDJi:. '*'^*^ 



while dots aloncj the scapular vein towards tl.ebase; areolets in front of 

 the scapular as in P. paralielus ; each of the three postenor rows of 

 areolets regularly subdivided into three rows; areolets along the inle.im 

 b..rder successively shorter outward from the transverse fo d ; tympanum 

 lai-e. Hind wings pellucid, acute; apical patch green, with a ferruginous 

 line; veins greenish white. Length of the body 15 hues; expansion of 

 the fore wings 54 lines. 



The fore wings are broader than those of P. parallelus, and are longer 

 than the hind wings. 

 a. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



14. PSEUDOPHYLLUS BREVIUSCULUS. 



Foera Viridis aut teslaceus ; caput anlice albidum, carina lanceolata 

 sulcata, anlennarum nrticulo lo angmtiore ; prothorux subtiliter 

 tubercidatus,margine antico subrotundato, lateribusfere recns,7nar- 

 nine postico rofundato ; oviductus abdominis dimidio paullo longwr; 

 pedes robusti, spinosulijemoribus posiicis biseriatim spinosis ; alee 

 antico^ femoribus posticis plus triplo longiores, casta exleriore rotun- 

 dato, wargine inleriore fere recto; alee posticce diaphana^, paullo 

 breviorcs. 

 Female. Green or testaceous, rather stout. Head narrower than the 

 fore border of the prothorax ; fore part whitish, shining, very oblique ; kee 

 of the vertex lanceolate, furrowed, shorter and narrower than the first joint 

 the an^ennee ; front lanceolate between the sockets o the antenn^ Eyes 

 tawny prominent, nearly round. Prothorax minutely tuberculate, with 

 wo I'^nsverse im'pressed lines, of which the hinder one is curved; fore 

 border slightly rounded ; sides nearly straight; hind l^,«rd^';;-"""^^^f- ^^;,^: 

 duct slightly black towards the tip, a bitle more than halt the ength of the 

 abdomen. Supra-anal lamina elongated, obtuse at the tip. t erci slender. 

 Legs stout; fore femora and fore tibi^ with few and very minute spines; 

 spines of the middle femora and middle tibise a little larger and more 

 nCerous; hind femora less than one-third of the ength of the fore wings, 

 w th two Vomplete rows of rather large spines ; hind tibi. with some minute 

 spines on two of the four keels. Fore wings lanceolate moderately bioad 

 ex ter or part of the costa rounded ; interior border nearly straight ; rows of 

 a^eo ts between the scapular diminishing from four to one as they aie 

 more remote from the base; scapular vein and externo-medial reced ng 

 n„ each other beyond the middle and including a row of areolets; wo 

 anTexteriorly three rows of large areolets between the externo-med.al and 

 Taiml veil! some of these are^olets incomplete; a row of small quadrate 

 a eolets alon^ the interior border, which is minutely reticulated ; reticula- 

 ion farg^r ::t^he base. Hind vvings pellucid, a little short^er tliaii the fo.e 

 wings; veins pale green or white. Length of the body lo-17 lines, 

 expansion of the fore wings 48—50 lines. 



The wings are shorter than those of P. siccus, to which this species 

 has great affinity. 



a. Ceylon. From the Rev. Mr. Wenham's collection. 

 b c. Cevlon. From Dr. Thwaites' collection. 



