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7 (10) Hind femora banded with black 



and yellow. 



8 (9) AnteuiijB black nifjricornis, Burni., p. 22%. 



'.» (8) Antennfe ijale vi/iosa, Walk., p. 228. 



10 (7) Ilind femora not banded. 



11 (12) Size large ; winji-s brighter red at 



base sitccincta, L., p. 227. 



12 (11) Size moderate ; wiugs dull red at 



base jajjonica, IjoL, p. 229.] 



271. Orthacaiithacris segyptia, L. 



Gryllus Locusta cetjyptius, Linnoeus, Mus. Ludov. Ulric. 1764, 

 p. 138. 



Eecldish-gre_v, tegmina \\\i\\ indistinct brown annular marks 

 towards the base, and short black dashes on the nervures towards 

 the extremity ; sliglitly subhyaline, especially towards the tips ; 

 wings nearly as long as the tegmina, at least twice as long as 

 broad, hyaline, with a black semicircular band, varying in width, 

 extending from the base of the costa to about the middle of the 

 wing, and inwardly to the inner margin. Hind femora with 

 more or less distinct transverse black bands above, interrupted 

 black lines on the outer carinse, and the inner surface red ; hind 

 tibiae dull violet with 8-11 large white black-tipped spines. 

 Prosternal tubercle straight, conical. 



Length 32-06 mm. ; expanse of tegmina, 87-130 mm. 



A common species throughout the Mediterranean Eegion ; and 

 as it occurs at Quetta, it almost certainly crosses the north- 

 western frontiers of India. 



272. Orthacanthacris flavescens, F, 



Gryllus Jiavescens, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. ii, 1793, p. 52. 



Gri/llus Locusta crucifer, Stoll, Spectres, Saut. 1813, p. 30, pi. 146, 



iig. 51. 

 Acridium semifasciatum, Serville, Ins. Ortb. 1839, p. 655. 

 Acridiinn pardalinum, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. iii, 1870, 



p. 587. 



Head yellowish above and behind the eyes, with two blackish 

 bands sloping backwards from between the eyes ; the front 

 depressed, black, with a red mark in the middle, and passing 

 into the frontal ridge, which is blackish, moderately broad, 

 sulcated and punctured, Avith parallel sides, the face varied with 

 black and red. Antenna) black, longer than the head and pro- 

 notum together. Prouotum strongly carinated, black, slightly 

 varied witli reddish, and spotted with pale yellow on the sides of 

 the front lobes ; the hind lobe slightly expanded, black, punctured, 

 w ith longitudinal reddish lines ; the rest of the body greenish 

 brown. Tegmina long, yellowish grey, subhyaline, with brown 

 nervures and a row of spots near the extremity below the costa, 

 and with indistinct dusky markings formed by thiclcened nervures 



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