286 CATALOGUE OF 



Sect. n. 



Mas. Corpus longum, sat gracile. Caput prothorace vix angustius, 

 cornu antico parvo porrecto sulcato; frons perparum obliqua. Oculi fere 

 rotundi, valde globosi. Palporum articulus 3us 4o paullo longior; 5us 4o 

 longior. Antennae graciles, corpore longiores. Prothorax postice pro- 

 ductus, sulcis tribus transversis, lo subarcuato, 2o angulato, margine 

 postico rotundato vix angulato. Sternum sexspinosum. Pedes longiusculi, 

 sat robusti ; femora biseriatim spinulosa ; tibiae quatuor anteriores biseriatim 

 spiuosae; tibia; posticse quadriseriatim spinulosae. Alae corpore, multo 

 lougiores. Ala? anlicae coufertissirne reticulatae, tympano basali niagno. 



Male. Body long, rather slender. Head and prothorax smootb, not 

 shining. Head rounded above, nearly as broad as the prothorax, with a 

 little slender furrowed horizontal horn between the eyes; front very slightly 

 oblique; clypeus and labrum shining. Eyes very prominent, nearly round. 

 Third joint of the maxillary palpi a little longer than the fourth ; fifth very 

 slightly thicker towards the tip, somewhat longer than the third. Third joint 

 of the labial palpi clavate, truncated at the tip, longer than the second. 

 Antennae slender, longer than the body. Prothorax with three slight trans- 

 verse furrows, the first slightly curved, the middle one angular; hind part 

 elongated, narrower ; hind border rounded, hardly angular in the middle. 

 Sternum with two stout and rather long spines in each division. Legs 

 rather long and stout; four anterior femora with two rows of minute spines 

 beneath, from six to eight spines in each row ; hind femora with two rows of 

 more numerous minute spines ; four anterior tibiae with two rows of from 

 eight to ten long stout spines on each side; hind tibiae with four rows of 

 numerous minute spines. Wings much longer than the body. Fore wings 

 very thickly reticulated, with a large tympanum at the base. 



The structure of the hind part of the prothorax distinguishes this 

 section from the typical form of Locusta. 



18. LOCDSTA BICOLOR. 



Mas. Pallide lutea ; antenna fusece, bnsi hitescailes ; prothorax postice 

 viridis ; sternum femora basi et coxa albida ; alee anticae virides, 

 tympana diaphano ; alee posticce diaphance, viridi venosce. 



Male. Pale luteous. Eyes piceous. Antennae brown, pale luteous 

 at the base. Hind part of the prothorax green. Sternum whitish. Spines 

 of the legs with black tips. Femora towards the base and coxae whitish. 

 Fore wings green ; tympanum pellucid ; veins green. Length of the body 

 24 lines; expansion of the wings 64 lines. 



Genus 67. NICSARA. 



Poem. Corpus gracile. Caput prothorace paullo angustius, cornu 

 antico parvo porrecto cariuato obtuso ; frons subobliqua, parce punctata. 

 Oculi miigui, fere rotundi, valde globosi. Palporum articulus 3us 4o paullo 

 longior; 5us 3o valde longior. Antennae graciles, corpore multo longiores; 

 articulus lus longus, validus, intus apicem versus dilatatus. Prothorax 

 transverse irisulcatus, lateribus fere rectis, raargine postico subrotundato. 



