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CATALOGUE OF 



7. APRION FDSCESCENS. 



Locusta (Aprion) fuscescens, Haan, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 

 206. 



Java. 



8. APRION CARINATUM. 



Mas et fcem. Pallide viride, gracile, carinatum ; caput antice albidum, 

 carina lanceolata subsulcala peracuta anlennarum articulo \o valde 

 angusliore ; prothorax subtiliter tubercu/atus, maryine antico valde 

 rotundalo, lateribus margineque postico subangulatis ; oviductus supra 

 serratus, abdomine paullo brevior ; pedes spinulosi, sat gruciles ; ales 

 <equilong<e ; alee antica latiuscula, femoribus posticis triplo lon- 

 giores ; cosla valde rotundata, margine interiore recto ; alee postica: 

 diaphanee. 



Female. Pale green, fusiform, slender. Head slightly keeled above, 

 a little narrower than the fore border of the prothorax ; fore part whitish, 

 shining, very oblique; keel of the vertex lanceolate, very acute, very 

 slightly furrowed, much narrower and a little shorter than (he first joint of 

 the antennae ; front flat, not attenuated between the sockets of the antennae. 

 Eyes tawny, round, prominent. Prothorax keeled, minutely tuberculate, 

 with two transverse impressed lines; fore border arched, crenulated on 

 each side ; sides and hind border slightly angular, the latter slightly 

 elevated. Abdomen slightly keeled. Oviduct black towards the tip, 

 serrated above for nearly half its length from the tip, a little shorter than 

 the abdomen. Legs rather slender; spines very minute; femora and four 

 anterior tibiae with two rows of spines ; hind femora about one-third of the 

 length of the fore wings; hind tibiae quadrilateral, with three rows of 

 spines. Wings of equal length. Fore wings rather broad, somewhat 

 lanceolate, minutely reticulated ; a white red-bordered dot in the disk near 

 the base ; costa much rounded ; hind border straight ; space between the 

 scapular vein and the costa broad, with two or three rows of areolets, 

 attenuated and with a single row towards the tip; scapular and externo- 

 medial vein nearly contiguous, except towards the tip ; three rows of large 

 regular quadrate areolets between the externo-medial and the anal vein; 

 one row of small quadrate areolets along the interior border. Hind wings 

 pellucid, minutely reticulated at the tips; veins pale green; transverse 

 veins white. Length of the body 14 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 42 lines. 



Male. Smaller. Supra-anal lamina notched. Subgenital lamina 

 with two long slender, styles. Fore wings with a less conspicuous dot. 

 Length of the body 8^ Hues; expansion of the fore wings 26 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



b. Ceylon. From the Rev. Mr. Wenham's collection. 



9. APBION GRACILE. 



Mas. Testaceum, gracillimum; caput subproductum, carina lanceolata 



subsulcata anlennarum articulo \o paullo angustiore; prothorax 



, carinatus, subtuberculatus, marginibus antico et postico subangulatis, 



