74 Mr. W. F. Kirby's 



CEclaleus nif/rofasciatus, Saiissure, Mem. Soc. GeDeve, 

 xxviii (9), p. 116 (1884), xxx (1), p. 40 (1888). 



Hah. Transvaal : Pretoria {Distant) ; Cape Colony : 

 Grahamstowii (Schonland). 



A common species throughout the warmer parts of the 

 Old Workl. Petiver's figvire, which must be taken as 

 typical of Linne's fiavns, appears to represent this species. 



Genus LocusTA. 



Gryllus (Locusta), Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x), p. 481 

 (1758); Schrank, Enum. Ins. Austr., p. 246(1781); 

 Samouelle, Ent. Compend., p. 218 (1819). 



Gryllus, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 287 (1775), liaud rcctc. 



Acri/(Jium., Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins., iii, p. 282 

 ' (1802), ncc Geoffroy. 



Pacliytylus, Fieber, Lotos, iii, p. 21 (1858); Stal, Rec. 

 brth., i, pp. 110, 122 (1878): et and. al. 



39. Locnsta danica. 



Gryllus (Locusta) danirus, Linnreus, Syst. Nat. (ed. xii), 



i (2), p. 702, n. 38 (1758). 

 Gryllus cinerascens, Fabr., Spec. Ins., i, p. 360, n. 57 (1781). 



Hah. Nyasaland : Fort Johnston, Zomba {Rcndall). 



Two very dark specimens, one very large ; and a third 

 small pale specimen. 



One of the commonest locusts in most parts of the Old 

 World. 



40. Locusta pardalina. 



Pachytybis 'pardalimis, Walker, Cat, Derm. Salt., iv, 



p. 725, n. 7 (1870). 

 Fachytyl'us sulcicollis, Stal, (Efv. Vet. Akad. Forh., xxxiii 



(8), p. 50 (1876). 

 I*achytylus eapensis, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxviii 



(9), p. 119 (1884), xxx (1), p. 48 (1888). 



Hah. Transvaal : Pretoria {Didant). 



One specimen is marked, " With swarm of red locusts, 

 November 1894." It is probably this species which has 

 been confounded with the Abyssinian L. migratorioidcs, 

 Reiche, by some authors on South African locusts. 



