98 TRYXALIN.'E. 



the dorso-lateral carina, or slightly diverging from it towards the 

 front border. Tegmina and wings long, narrow, and pointed ; 

 tegmina similar in both sexes, with the mediastinal and scapular 

 areas not expanded and irregularly reticulated and coloured ; the 

 third radial nervure of the tegmina and the first branch of the 

 radial nervure of the wings branching at or before the middle. 

 Front legs short, hind legs and abdomen long ; hind tibiae with 

 the upper interior spur nearly one-half shorter than the lower 

 one; claws of the tai:si short; arolium large. 



Key to the Species. 



1 (4) Wing-cells not centred with fuscous. 



2 (3) Body and tegmina without piniiish 



markings ; pronotum without black 



lines turrita, L., p. 98. 



3 (2) Body and tegmina with pinkish mark- 



ings yitiantea, Hbst., p. 98. 



4 (1) Wing-cells centred with fuscous. 



5 (6) Tegmina very narrowly edged with pink- Jj^ 



ish-browu ; length of body 30 mm. . . lufficbris, Burr, p. 99. "^ ^--/^^^ 



6 (o) Tegmina without distinct coloured mar- 



gin ; length of body 50 mm exaltata, Walk., p. 99. 



110. Acrida turrita, L. 



Grijllus Acrida tun-itus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x) 1758, p. 427. 

 Gri/Uus Acrida nasutus, pt., Linnaeus, Mus. Ludov. Ulric. 1764, 



p. 118. 

 Truxalis nasutus, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 1776, p. 279. 



Grreen ; tegmina long, narrow and pointed, extending when 

 closed beyond the abdomen ; head slender, longer than the pro- 

 notum by the length of the fastigiinn in front of the eyes ; wings 

 hyaline, pointed at the extremity. 



S. Europe ; ArmcA ; Asia.. 



111. Acrida gigantea, Hhst. 



Truxalis yiganteus, Ilerbst, Fuessly, Archiv. Ins. 1794, p. 191, pi. lii, 

 fig. (). 



Head slightly, if at all, longer than the pronotum, and often 

 shorter. Green ; head and pronotum with 2 or 3 pale pink bands 

 on each side; tegmina with two broad pink longitudinal bands, 

 between which is often a whitish line, generally broken into long 

 spots, bordered with blackish ; wings hyaline. Lateral carinse of 

 pronotum edged within with a black line. In one specimen 

 the wings are tessellated with brown, almost as in A. lugnhris. 



Length 50-60 mm. 



Nepal; Africa. 



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