168 FAMILY V.-CEDIPODIN^. 



color of the winors, which may vary in specimens from the 

 same spot, from dull white through yellow and orange to 

 vermilion. 



GENUS Trimerotropis Stal (1873). 



Vertex continuous with the median sulcus of the face; 

 body covered with very short hairs; pronotum compressed 

 before the middle, narrower in front than behind; slightly 

 angled in front and acutely angled behind ; median carina 

 slight and broken by two wide notches before the middle; 

 lateral carina distinct on the posterior lobe and iaroken on 

 the anterior lobes; wing-covers long and narrow; hind 

 wings narrowing to a point at the apex. 



Fig. 101. — Trimerotropis tnaritima, ma]c. Original. 



Trimerotropis maritima Harr. 

 The Maritime Locust. 



Head, pronotum, legs and posterior femora white, 

 sprinkled with minute points and dots of black and brown ; 

 eyes ochraceous; inside of hind femora with two black 

 spots; hind tibiae light yellow, spines tipped with black; 

 wing-covers also whitish, sprinkled more or less with black 

 and brown points and spots, apex transparent ; hind wings at 

 base semi-transparent, pale yellow followed by an arcuate, 

 narrow black band, more or less broken bj^ the veins, outer 

 third of wing transparent. 



Measurements. — Male: Length of bod}', 23 mm.; wing- 

 covers, 24 mm.; posteriorfemora, 13mm. Female: Length of 



