LOCUSTIDJE. 311 



Female. Testaceous, partly green. Head and prothorax thickly 

 punctured. Cone of the head very broad, rounded in front, hardly extend- 

 ing beyond the first joint of the antennae, its under side rounded at the 

 base and very narrowly divided from the front. Mandibles black along the 

 inner side. Antenna? piceous, testaceous at the base. Prothorax with two 

 much interrupted blackish lines on the keels. Prosternum with two long 

 slender spines. Oviduct piceous, straight, testaceous at the base, nearly 

 as long as the body. Legs short, stout \ spines with black tips ; fore femora 

 with one minute spine near the tip; middle femora with three; hind femora 

 and four anterior tibia? with two rows of spines; hind tibiae with four rows. 

 Wings not extending beyond the abdomen. Hind wings pellucid ; veins 

 green. Length of the body 18 lines; expansion of the wings 27 lines. 



This species is much allied to the genus Locusla and perhaps should 

 be separated from Conocephalus. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's collection. 



30. CONOCEPHALUS EXALTATUS. 



Fcem. Viridis ; fastigium testaceum, subascendens, subsulcatum, antice 

 latum rotundatum, antennarum articulum \\.um superans, subtus 

 carinatum basi angulatum apice nigro fasciatum ; prosternum 

 bispinosum ; oviductus testaceus, rectus, corpore pantio brevior ; pedes 

 longi, gracileii, femoribus anlicis unispinosis, femoribus inlermediis 

 trispinosis ; ala longce ; alee posticce diaphana, albo venosce. 



Female. Green. Head and prothorax minutely punctured. Cone of 

 the head testaceous, slightly ascending, with a slight longitudinal furrow, 

 broad and rounded on the fore border, extending somewhat beyond the 

 first joint of the antennas, its under side keeled with an angle at the base 

 aud with a black band near the fore border; labrum and mandibles testa- 

 ceous, the latter black along the inner side. Antenna? black near the base, 

 which is green. Prosternum with two long slender spines. Oviduct testa- 

 ceous, straight, a little shorter than the body. Legs long, slender; fore 

 femora with one minute spine near the tip ; middle femora with three in a 

 row; hind femora and four anterior tibia? with two rows of spines ; hind 

 tibia? with four rows. Fore wings slightly acute, a little longer than the 

 hind wings. Hind wings pellucid, much longer than the body; veins 

 white. Length of the body 18 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 54 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Canaries. 



31. CONOCEPHALUS BREVICAUDA. 



Locusta (Conocephalus) brevicauda, Brittle, lies Canaries, 76. 

 Canaiies. 



