232 



CAXANTOPINjE. 



Genus SCHISTOCERCA. 



Schititocerca, Stfil, Recens. Orth. i, 1873, p. 04. 



Type, Gryllns Locusta tataricus, L. (Acridium peregrinum, Oliv.). 



Rancje. America, S. Europe, Africa, Western and Southern 

 Asia. 



General characters of OrthacantJiacris, but the cerci of the male 

 are rather short, compressed, and laminated, and the subgeuital 

 lamina is triangularly emarginate ; in tiie female the cerci are 

 short and pointed, and the lower valves of the ovipositor are not 

 dentated at the base ; hind tibia? with about 8 spines on the outer 

 and 11 on the inner carina. 



Fijf. 128. — Sclt/f/uccrca talarku. 



280. Schistocerca tatarica, L. 



Gryllus Locusta tataricus, Linnteus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.l i, 1758, 



p. 432. 

 Acridiuin ipcreyrinum, Olivier, V'oy. Emp. Othom. iv, 1804, p. 388, 



note. 

 Gryllus mifjratorms ^, Thunberg-, IMeni. Sc. Petersb. v, 1815, p. 244. 

 Gri/llus rufescens, Thuuberg-, I.e. 1815, p. 245. 

 AcridiuDiJtaviventre, Burnieister, Ilandb. Ent. ii, 1838, p. G31. 

 Acridiuin ssllatum, Walker, Cat. l)erm. Salt. B.M. iii, 1870, p. 585. 



