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decrease iu length and are longer on the fore tibiae than on the middle 

 tibiae ; hind tibiae with four rows of minute spines. Wings long. Fore 

 wings rather narrow, cinereous, very thickly and irregularly reticulated, a 

 little longer than the hind wings, which are ample. 



It resembles Xiphidium in the structure of the head, and Locusta in 

 the structure of the fore tibiae. 



1. PJURA MCNDA. 



Foem. Testacea ; vertex ferrugineus ; antennas nigro fasciatce ; pro- 

 thoracis discus ferrugineus, nigro marginatus ; oviductus apice 

 fulvus ; femora postica dimidio apicali, tibice tarsique ferruginea ; 

 alee anticcs striga postica fusca ,- alee posticce diaphance, albido 

 venosce 



Female. Testaceous. Vertex of the head ferruginous. Mandibles 

 piceous. Antennas with several black bands. Flat part of the prothorax 

 ferruginous, bordered with black. Sheaths of the oviduct tawny towards 

 the tip. Hind femora for half the length from the lips, tibiae and tarsi 

 ferruginous. Fore wings with a brown streak along nearly half the length 

 of the interior border from the base. Hind wings pellucid ; veins whitish, 

 Length of the body 14 lines; expansion of the fore wings 38 lines. 



a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



Genus 66. LOCUSTA. 



Locusta, Fair., Sere. Hist. Orth. 529. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 713. Fisch. 

 de W. Orth. Ross. 147. Fisch. Orth. Eur. 250 Gryllus, Linn. 

 Acrida, Curt. Phasgonura, Westw., Steph. 



1. LOCUSTA VIRIDISSIMA. 



' Geoff. Ins. Par. i. 398 Gryllus (Tettigonia) viridissimus, 



Linn. Faun. Suec. 869. Stall. Saut. et Gryll. pi. 23 b. f. 91. 

 De Geer,Ins. iii.277 Conocephalus viridissimus, Thunb.Mem. \. 278 

 Locusta viridissima, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 41. Sch. Icon. pi. 91, f. 6 ; 

 pi. 139, f. 35; pi. 247, f. 4, 5. Roes. Ins. ii. 65, pi. 10, 11. Latr. 

 Hist. Nat. xii. 130 ; Gen. iii. 100. Panz. Faun. 89, f. 18, 19. Zett. 

 Orlh. Suec. 59. Charp. Hor. Enl. 108. Brulle, Hist. Nat. Ins. ix. 

 148, pi. 14, f. 4. Philippi, Orth. Berol. 18. Serv. Hist. Orth. 529. 

 Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 713. Fisch. de W. Orth. Ross. 148, pi. 4, f. 1. 

 Fisch. Orth. Eur. 251, pi. 14, f. 5. De Borck, R'dtv. Ins. 56, pi. 2, f. 2. 

 Pliasgonura viridissima, Westw. Classif. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. 

 Mand. vi. 16. 



Japan. 



a h. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



i k. England. 



/. France. 



in. Louvaiue. Presented by Lady Seymour. 



