LOCUSTHXE. 167 



GKYLLACRIS PLAGIATA. 



Foem. Lutea, sat gracilis ; caput supra rufum, lateribus nigris ; ocelli 

 Jlavi ; palpi testacei, articulis 3o 4o<jue piceis ; prothorax nigro 

 bifasciatns ; abdomen vittis duabus nigris angulosis abbreviatis ; ovi- 

 ductus subarcuatus, abdomine vix brevior ; pedes longiusculi, sat 

 graciles, femoribus apices versus nigro fasciatis; alfB anticce testaceo- 

 albidee, nigro biplayialte, venulis transversis nigricantibus fusco 

 maryinatis ; alee posticoe pallide cinerece, venulis transversis nigri- 

 cantibus fusco submarginatis. 



Female. Luteous, smooth, shining, rather slender. Head very little 

 broader than the prothorax, red above, black on each side. Eyes piceous, 

 elongated, rather prominent. Ocelli yellow. Mandibles black. Palpi 

 testaceous ; third joint of the maxillary palpi piceous except at the base ; 

 fourth piceous, subclavate, testaceous at the tip, almost as long as the 

 third ; third joint of the labial palpi clavate. Prothorax a little longer than 

 broad, slightly -narrower in front; a black band on the hind border and 

 another on the fore border which is slightly rounded and reflexed ; a slight 

 longitudinal furrow and an oblique furrow on each side. Abdomen with 

 an abbreviated black zigzag stripe on each side. Cerci about one-fourth of 

 the length of the oviduct. Oviduct slightly curved upward, nearly as long 

 as the abdomen. Legs pubesceut, rather long and slender; femora with a 

 black subapical band ; hind femora with eight minute black-tipped spines 

 on each side ; hind tibiae with eight small black-tipped spines on each side. 

 Fore wings testaceous-whitish, as long as the hind wings ; longitudinal 

 veins luteous; transverse sectors except towards the base blackish, slightly 

 bordered with brown ; a black patch at the base and another in the disk at 

 one-third of the length. Hind wings pale cinereous; longitudinal veins 

 luteous; transverse sectors blackish, indistinctly bordered with brown. 

 Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 36 Hues. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



cc. Fore wings with the longitudinal and transverse veins yellow. 

 4. GRYLLACRIS MACDLICOLLIS. 



maculicollis, Serv. Ann. Sci. Nat. xxii. 139; Hist. Ort/i. 394. Burm. 

 Handb. Ent. ii. 718. Haan, Bijd. Orth. 220. Gerst. Wiegm.^Arch. 

 xxvi. 253. 



Singapore. 



a. Corea. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 



&, c. Java. 



d. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



5. GtiYLLACBIS SPURCATA. 



Mas. Fulva ; prothorax sulcis duobus transversis arcuatis utrinque 

 connexis ; pedes testacei, robusti, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque 

 fulvis ; alee anlicce testacece ; alee posticce pallide cinerece, fas ciis octo 

 latis nigricantibus. 



