LOCUSTID^E. 395 



Male. Black. Head reddish on each side in front of the eyes ; vertex 

 luteous, with four dark ferruginous stripes, of which the inner pair are 

 lanceolate and the (inter pair are sometimes ohsolete. Eyes tawny. Palpi 

 diniiy luteous, blackish at the tips. Antenna? luteous, black at the base, 

 brown towards the tips. Prothorax with two luteous stripes, which are 

 united on tbe bind border; sides with a transverse luteous streak and a 

 narrow luteous rim. Legs piceous; keels of tbe femora, tibiae towards ihe 

 tips and spines of the four anterior tibia? luteous. Fore wings with two 

 broad irregular yellow bands; tympanum pellucid. Hind wings blackish, 

 with a large yellow costal patch in the middle. Length of the body 

 10 lines; expansion of the fore wings 20 lines. 



a, 6. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



The Scaphuridcs include the two following genera. 



Genus 118. SCAPHUKA. 



Scaphura, Kirby, ZooL Journ. i. 429; ii. 9. Serv. Rev. ; Hist. Orlk. 428. 

 Brulle, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 687. 



1. SCAPHUBA VlGOBSII. 



Vigorsii, Kirby, ZooL Journ. i. 429 ; ii. 9, pi. 1, f. 16. Sen. Orth. 429. 

 Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 687. , Enc. Meth. x. 345. 



a. Para. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. Brazil. From Mrs. Noel's collection. 



2. SCAPHURA FERBUGINEA. 



ferrnginea, Perty, Del. An. Art. 120, pi. 23, f. 11. Serv. Hist. Orth. 430. 

 Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 687. 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



b. Petropolis. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



3. SCAPHDRA NITIDA. 



nitida, Perty, Del. An. Art. 121, pi. 23, f. 12 ; Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 687. 



4. SCAPHUBA KlRBII. 



Kirbii, Westw. Griff. An. Kingd. xv. pi. 63, f. 1. 

 Brazil. 



5. SCAPHURA EDWABDSI. 

 Edwardsi, Westw. ZooL Journ. iv. 225. 



Brazil. 



6. SCAPHURA CHALYB^EA. 



cbalybaea, Marshall, Ann. Wien. Mus. Naturg. i. 210. 

 Brazil. 



