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Female. Grass-green, partly testaceous. Head almost as broad as 

 the prothorax, with a purred three-lobed protuberance between the 

 antennae; front slightly oblique, reddish towards the face ; clypeus deep 

 green. Eyes lawn-colour, very prominent. Fourth joint of the maxillary 

 palpi shorter than the third ; fifth much longer than the third. Prothorax 

 with two transverse furrows, the hinder one curved towards the fore one on 

 each side; sides much rounded; hind border slightly rounded. Oviduct 

 black, curved upward, green at the base, reddish at the tip, rather shorter 

 than the abdomen. Legs rather short ; four anterior femora with a single 

 row of four spines; hind femora with two rows of minute spines; fore 

 tibiae with six minute spines on each side; middle tibia? with seven ; hind 

 tibiae with four rows of minute spines ; spines with black tips. Hind 

 wings ample, pellucid; veins green. Length of the body 14 lines; of the 

 wings 56 lines.. 



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17. LOCUSTA DEC1ICOIDES. 



Mas et fcem. Testacea, fulvo varia , caput cornu antico brevi-conico 

 porrecto, nonnunguam albido quadrilineatum ; protliorax carinis 

 lateralibus bene determinates, lateribus vfildc rotundatis nonnunquam 

 albidis ; pectus atbo sexstriyatum ; abdominis Lutera fusco striyata ; 

 oviductus fere rectus, corpore jpaullo lonyior ; femora poslica biserialim 

 spinulosa ; tibice quatuor anterior&s supra unispinoscc aul bispinoscB ; 

 alee anticce cinertee, corpore multo longiores^ vitlis duabus e muculis 

 subquadralis fuscis vittaque intermedia cervina. 



Male and female. Testaceous, here and there more or less tawny. 

 Head with a short porrect conical protuberance in front, not extending 

 beyond the first joint of the antenna?; front oblique; two whitish some- 

 times obsolete lines extending from the eyes to the hind border and two 

 others in some cases apparent between the eyes and the face. E)es 

 piceous, round, prominent. Maxillary palpi slender; fourth joint as long 

 as the third; fifth subclavate, darker at the lip, longer than the fourth. 

 Third joint of the labial palpi clavate, black at the tip. Prothorax with 

 two transverse furrows and with distinct lateral keels; sides much rounded, 

 sometimes whitish in the male ;> hind border straight, slightly elevated. 

 Three oblique white streaks on each side of the pectus. Abdomen with a 

 row of oblique brown streaks on each side. Oviduct almost straight, a 

 little longer than the body; sheath broader at the base. Legs rather long 

 and slender; hind femora with a row of several minute spines on each 

 side; four anterior tibiae wilh five rather long spines on each side and with 

 one or two above : hind tibiae with four rows of minute spines. Fore wings 

 cinereous, much longer than the body, a little longer than the hind wings, 

 wilh a fawn-coloured siripe between the externo-median vein and the 

 interno-median vein; a row of subquadrate brown spots on each side of the 

 siripe; veins fawn-colour or whiten. Hind wings pale cinereous ; veins 

 black ; transverse sectors blackish-bordered. Far. /3. Prothorax with two 

 more or less distinct whitish testaceous stripes which are bordered with 

 blackish and are undulating on the inner side ; a little brown streak on 

 each side in the deflexed part. Length of the body 12 15 lines; expan- 

 sion of the fore wings 36 42 lines. 



a c. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 

 df. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



