LOCUSTID^. 211 



Female. Piceous, very shining, testaceous beneath. Labruin tes- 

 taceous, with a blackish basal spot, which emits a streak. Eyes blackish. 

 Mandibles testaceous, black at the lips. Palpi pale yellow. Prothovax 

 slightly paler on each side. Cerci testaceous towards the tips. Oviduct 

 tawny, piceous at the base. Legs testaceous, partly elongated with piceous ; 

 libiaB pale testaceous towards the tips ; hind tarsi pale testaceous. Length 

 of the body 9 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



2. LiCODIA?? OBLIQDA. 



Foem. Nigricans, subtus testacea ; caput testaceum, prolhorace perparuyn 

 laiius, verlice nigricanle ; palpi maxillares pallide teslacei, arliculo 

 5o 4o paullo longiore ; prothorax strigis quatuor discoidalibus obliquis 

 lateribusque rotundatis indeterminate testaceis ; cerci testacei, breves ; 

 ovidiiclus fulvus, subarcuatus, basi testaceus, apice piceus, abdomine 

 vix brevior ; pedes testacei, robusti, longiusculi, piceo nebulosi, 

 tibiis quatuor anterioribus biseriatim trispinosis, supra bispinosis, 

 tibiis posticis biseriatim octospinosis calcaribusque duohus subapic- 

 alibus longis. 



Female. Blackish, convex, smooth, shining, testaceous beneath. Head 

 testaceous, very little broader than the prothorax, blackish above, prominent 

 between the eyes. Eyes piceous, pear-shaped, not prominent. Palpi pale 

 testaceous. Maxillary palpi nearly thrice the length of the labial ; fourth 

 joint as long as the third, a little shorter than the fifth, which, like the 

 third joint of the labial palpi, is subclavate. Antennae tawny, testaceous 

 at the base. Prothorax elongate; sides rounded, narrowly and irregularly 

 testaceous; two oblique testaceous streaks on each side, converging in the 

 disk. Cerci testaceous, short. Oviduct tawny, testaceous at the base, 

 piceous at the tips, slightly curved upward, nearly as long as the abdomen. 

 Legs testaceous, stout, rather long, partly clouded with piceous ; femora 

 unarmed ; hind femora obliquely ridged along the outer side; four anterior 

 tibiae with three spines along each side and with two longer spines above ; 

 hind tibite with eight black-tipped spines along each side (these spines 

 successively increasing in length) and with four long spurs, two of which 

 are subapical and two apical. Length of the body 10 lines. 



a. ? 



Genus 24. LUTOSA. 



Foem. Corpus robustum, glabrum, nitens, subcompressum, fere fusi- 

 forme. Caput breve, prolhorace fere anguslius; frons erecta. Oculi ovales, 

 non extantes. Palpi maxillares, longi, graciles; arliculus 4us 3o longior ; 

 5us 4o paullo longior. Antennae longae. Prothorax longiusculus; latera 

 rotundata. Cerci breves, graciles. Oviduclus valde arcuatus, abdomine 

 longior. Pedes robusti, longiusculi ; femora iuermia ; libiie quatuor ante- 

 riores biseriatim trispiuosoe; tibias anticae supra unispiuosae; tibiae inter- 

 mediae supra bispinosae; tibiae posticae biseriatim novemspinosce,calcaribus 

 duobus subapicaiibus lungissimis. 



Female. Body stout, convex, smooth, shining, slightly compressed, 

 nearly fusiform. Head short, hardly as broad as the prothorax, slightly 

 prominent between the eyes, vertical in front. Eyes oval, not prominent. 



