258 SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT. 



vanegated with numerous smail light-yellow quad- 

 rate spots ; wings blue, with black spots, the posterior 

 margin black ; abdomen red above with yellow spots, 

 yeiio wish-green beneath ; hinder legs green, the 

 thighs spotted with white. A native of South 



America. 



LOCUSTA FLAVA. 



PLATE XVI. Fig. 2. 



Gryllus Flavus, Linn. -Fabr Acrid, mgrofasciatum, DP Gcer, 



iii. p. 493, PL 41, fig. 5 Stall's Sauterelles de Pussuye, 



PL 11 6. fig.41. 



BODY ash-coloured ; thorax unequal, with a dorsal 

 ridge ; tegmina clouded with rusty-brown, each with 

 two light-coloured bars ; wings of a fine yellow at 

 the base, beyond this there is a curved band of black- 

 ish brown, the extremity transparent ami unspotted ; 

 posterior thighs bluish-black internally; tibiae red. 

 Found at the Cape of Good Hope. 



LOCUSTA SURINAMA. 

 PLATE XVII. Fig. 1. 



Gryllus Surinamus, Linn. Fabr De Geer, iii. p. 503, PL 42, 

 Fig v 3 Stall's Saut. de Pass. PL 22. 6. 42, 42 A. 



LENGTH from eight to nine lines ; thorax black, with 

 four longitudinal yellow lines ; tegmina dull-green, 

 inclining to grey; wings blue, very glossy ; abdomen 

 greenish-yellow, with a series of yellow spots on each 

 side ; thighs blood-red at the base, the tip, and some- 

 times a band near the middle, black. Found ic /Sur- 

 inam. 



