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causes them to look like the coloured slip on the anterior parts 

 of the wings of some of the Phasmidae (cf. p. 266). Another 

 case of a Locustid with elongate, slender form is found in the 

 extraordinary Pcringueydla jocosa of South Africa, a member of 

 the tribe Sagides. It has minute organs of flight, and repro- 

 duces, to a considerable extent, the form and appearance of 

 Proscopides or of some Tryxalides.^ 



Fig. 201. Schizodactylus monstrosus, male. Natural size. East India. 



We follow Brunner in placing among the Locustidae the large 

 Insect we represent in Fig. 201. It is remarkable on account of its 

 tegmina and wings ; these have their extremities much prolonged 

 and curled ; moreover, the flat interior area and the abruptly de- 



^ De Saussure, Ann. Soc. ent. France, 1888, p. 151, pi. v. fig. 1. 



