LOCUSTID>£. 209 



Female. Black, testaceous beneath. Head testaceous, with a black 

 mark on each side betweeu the eye and the hind border. Eyes and palpi 

 testaceous. Antenna; tawny, testaceous at the base. Prolhorax with a 

 broad irregular testaceous stripe along each side, including a black spot 

 and a black dot. Sides of the abdomen irregularly testaceous. Oviduct 

 tawny. Legs testaceous; four anterior femora doited with black on the 

 outer side; hind femora obliquely streaked with black, and with two black 

 bands, one of which is beyond the middle and the other apical. Length 

 of the body 1 1 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



2. LlBANASA?? MACULIFEONS. 



Fuem. Nigra, glabra, nilens, postice attenuata ; caput maculis sex facieque 

 testaceis ; palpi maxillares picei, longissimi, articuiis 3o 4o boque 

 aqualibus, bo clavato ; antenna pieete ; prothorax longus, lateribus 

 rutunda.lis ; abdomen lateribus ventreque fere ere c lis ; oviductus 

 piceus, subareuatus, basi fulvus, abdomine longior ; pedes lestacei, 

 piceo subnebulosi, tibiis anticis biseriatim trispinosis. 



Female. Black, convex, smooth, shining, tapering from the head to 

 the tip of the abdomen. Head with a band of lour testaceous spots on the 

 front and with a testaceous spot on each side of the face, which is also 

 testaceous. Eyes livid, elongated, not prominent. Maxillary palpi piceous, 

 pubescent, very long; third, fourth and fifth joints of equal length; fifth 

 clavate. Antenna; piceous. Prothorax elongated; sides rounded. Abdo- 

 men tawny on each side and beneath. Cerci tawny, nearly erect. Oviduct 

 piceous, slightly curved, tawny at the base, rather longer than the abdomen. 

 Legs testaceous, slightly clouded with piceous; fore tibiae with three rather 

 long spines on each side. Length of the body 7h lines. 



The specimen described is mutilated. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Genus 22. MACHAMALA. 



Mas. Corpus glabrum, nitens, subcompressum, fere fusiforme. Caput 

 inter oculos vix carinatum ; frons erecta. Oculi subrotundi. Palpi maxil- 

 lares longi; articulus 4us 3o multo brevior ; 5us subclavalus, subareuatus, 

 3o longior. Prothorax longiusculus, antice angustior ; latera rotundata. 

 Abdomen lanceolatum ; segmentum apicale incisum. Pedes longi, graciles ; 

 femora antica subtus spina una subapieali ; femora intermedia subtus 

 bispiuosa ; femora postica crassa, apices versus attenuata, subtus duodecim 

 spinulosa; tibiae auticae biseriatim trispinosas ; tibiae intermediae triserialiin 

 trispinosae; tibiae posticae biseriatim serratae et quadrispinosa;. 



Male. Body convex, smooth, shining, slightly compressed, nearly 

 fusiform. Head slightly prominent between the eyes, vertical in front. 

 Eyes nearly round, slightly prominent. Third joint of the maxillary palpi 

 longer than the first and second together; fourth much shorter than the 

 third ; fifth subclavate, slightly curved, rather longer than the third. Third 

 joint of the labial palpi clavate, as long as the second. Prolhorax rather 

 long, narrower in front; sides rounded. Metathorax as usual much de- 

 veloped. Abdomen tapering ; dorsal segments from the first to the seventh 



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