LOCUSTID-E. 1G7 



Gryllacris plagiata, 



Foem. Lutea, sat gracilis ; caput supra rufum, lateribus nigris ; ocelli 

 Jlnvi ; palpi testacei, articulis 3o 4ogiie pieeis ; prot/iorax nigra 

 bifasciatus ; abdomen vittis duabus nigris angulosis abbreviatis ; ovi- 

 ductus subarcuatus, abdomine vix brevior ; pedes longiusculi, sat 

 graciles, femoribus apices versus nigra fascialis; aim anticce testacea- 

 albidce, nigra biplagiala, venulis transversis nigricantibus fusca 

 marginatis ; aim posticm pallide cinerem, venulis transversis nigri- 

 cantibus f us co submarginatis. 



Female, Luteous, smooth, shining, rather slender. Head very little 

 broader than the prothorax, red above, black on each side. Eyes piceous, 

 elongated, rather prominent. Ocelli yellow. Mandibles black. Palpi 

 testaceous ; third joint of the maxillary palpi piceous except at the base ; 

 fourth piceous, subclavate, testaceous at the tip, almost as long as the 

 third ; third joint of the labial palpi clavale. Prothorax a little longer than 

 broad, slightly narrower in front; a black band on the hind border and 

 another on the fore border which is slightly rounded and reflexed; a slight 

 longitudinal furrow and an oblique furrow on each side. Abdomen with 

 an abbreviated black zigzag slripe on each side. Cerci about one-fourth of 

 the length of the oviduct. Oviduct slightly curved upward, nearly as long 

 as the abdomen. Legs pubescent, rather long and slender; femora with a 

 black subapical band ; hind femora with eight minuie black-tipped spines 

 on each side; hind tibiae with eight small black-tipped spines on each side. 

 Fore wings testaceous-whitish, as long as the hind wings ; longitudinal 

 veins luteous; transverse sectors except towards the base blackish, slightly 

 bordered with brown ; a black patch at the base and another in the disk at 

 one-third of the length. Hind wings pale cinereous; lonjjiludinal veins 

 luteous; transverse sectors blackish, indistinctly bordered with brown. 

 Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



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



cc. Fore wings with the longitudinal and transverse veins yellow. 

 4. Gryllacris macdlicollis. 



maculicollis, Serv. Ann. Sci. Nat. xxii. 139 ; Hist. Orlh. 394. Burm. 

 i,^- Handb. Ent. ii. 718. Haan, Bijd. Orth. 220. Gerst. Wiegm.lArch. 

 " xxvi. 253. 



Singapore. 



a. Corea. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 



b, c. Java. 



d. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



6. Gryllacris spurcata. 



Mas. Fulva ; protharax sulcis duobus transversis arcuatis utrinque 

 connexis ; pedes testacei, robusti, femnribus tibiisque apice tarsisque 

 fulvis ; dim anticm testacem ; alee posticm pallide cinerem,fasciis acta 

 latis nigricantibus. 



