LOCUSTID.E 173 



The specimen described has a rudimentary reproduced hind leg com- 

 plete in all its parts, but without spines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



ccc. Fore wings with the longitudinal and transverse veins dark-coloured. 



17. Gryllacris podocausta. 



podocausta, Hagenbach, MSS.; Haan, Bijd. Orth. 220. Gersl, Wicgm. 

 Arch. xxvi. 259. 



Java. 



b. Hind wings dark, brownish or bluish black. 



c. Transverse veins of the hind wings whitish. 



18. Gryllacris ruficeps. 



ruficeps, Serv. Ann. Sci. Nat. xxii. 139; Hist. Orth. 394. Gner. Belanger, 

 Voy. Ind. Orient. Zoal. 495. Ins. pi. 4, f. 2. Haan, Bijd. Orth. 220. 

 Gersl. Wiegm. Arch. xxvi. 259. 



Java. 



19. Gryllacris nigripennis. 



nigripennis, Gerst. Wiegm. Arch. xxvi. 261. 



Malabar. 



20. Gryllacris lineosa. 



Foem. Testacea ; palporum articulus Aus apice piceus, antenna nigri- 

 cantes, basi testacea; prothorax plagis duabus trigonis maeulisque 

 duabus intermediis nigris ; oviduclus valde arcuatus, abdomine paullo 

 brevior ; pedes sat validi, femoribus posticis fuscu viltatis ; alee pos- 

 ticai nigricantes, fasciis septem gracillimis albidis. 



Female. Testaceous, shining, smooth. Head as broad as the pro- 

 thorax. Mandibles black. Palpi filiform ; fifth joint of the maxillary 

 palpi piceous and truncated at the tip, a litlle longer than the fourth. 

 Antenna? blackish, testaceous at the base. Prothorax transverse; fore 

 border very slightly undulating; an oblique furrow on each side and a very 

 slight transverse furrow near the fore border; a large triangular black patch 

 on each side and an intermediate black spot on each side near the fore 

 border. Cerci about one-fourth of the length of the oviduct. Oviduct 

 much curved upward, a little shorter than the abdomen. Legs moderately 

 stout; hind femora with a short brown stripe on the outer side, with eight 

 minute black-tipped spines on the outer side and with five on the inner 

 side ; hind tibiae with seven minute black-tipped spines on each side. 

 Fore wings of one colour, very little longer than the hind wings. Hind 

 wings blackish, with seven very slender whitish bands along the transverse 

 sectors, which are also whitish. Length of the body 11 Hues ; of the fore 

 wings 30 lines. 



