444 Mr. Westwood’s characters of 
prothoracic shield) being similar in the imperfect states of this order to 
that of the imago has induced me to characterize it as a group, without 
hesitation, from the almost anomalous form of that part of the body. 
Sp. 1. Strong. serraticollis, Westw. 
Fulvus; thoracis discosub-testaceo; antennis fusco annulatis; abdominis 
segmentis 4-7 in medio obscurioribus; tuberculis discoidalibus thoracis 
nigris, thoraceque utrinque punctulis numerosis eleyatis. 
Long. corp. lin. 10. Thoracis latit. lin. 6. 
Tas. XXII. Fig. 2. 
Habitat in Malabaria. 
In Mus. nostr. 
OrTHOPTERA, Fam. Locustide*, Leach. 
(Gryllus Locusta, Linn. Acridia, Latr. Acridina, McL.) 
TRIPETALOCERA,} Westw. 
Tetrict (Acrydio) affinis. Antenne corporis dimidii longitudine, 
crasse, difformes, articulo lmo brevi, 2do brevissimo, 3tio longo 
lato supra plano subtus lamina tenui horizontali instructo, incisionibus 
4 marginalibus quasi articulos indicantibus, articulo 4to multo breviore 
subtus laminato, ut in precedenti, articulo 5to majore apice latiore, 
etiam similiter laminato, articulo 6to minutissimo, ovato-conico. (TAB. 
XXIL. Fig. 3.) Oculivald® prominentes. Caput inter antennas spina 
bifida armatum. _Prothorax corpus totum obtegens rigono-lanceolatus, 
inter pedes 4 anticos utrinque uni-spinosus, dorsoque in medio trigono- 
elevato. 
Sp. 1. Trip. ferruginea, Westw. 
Fusco-ferruginea, obscura, rugoso-punctata; prothorace versus 
apicem lineis duabus lateralibus elevatis angulosis ; oculis pallidis. 
Long. corp. lin. 63. 
* TI follow Linnzus and Leach in giving to the family of the Grasshoppers 
with short anteane the name of Locusta, including also those whose ravages 
are so well known. 
+ Tpetc tres, wézvaXor folium, et Kepag cornu, 
