ACRIDIDjE. 485 



saddle-shaped ; disk flat, wider hindward, with two transverse furrows and 

 with distinct lateral keels; fore border slightly coucave ; sides rounded ; 

 hind border slightly convex. Oviduct hardly curved, rather longer than 

 the body. Legs slender, rather long; femora with two rows of minute 

 spines beneath ; four anterior tibiae with two rows of long spines ; hind tibia 

 with minute spines on each side of the four keels. Fore wings about twice 

 the length of the body ; veins pale. Hind wings pellucid. Length of the 

 body 9 lines; expansion of the fore wings 38 lines. 



a. Hindustan. In Dr. Leith's collection. 



Fam. ACRIDID^. 

 Acridii, Latr. Acridiodea, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 591. 



This large group may be easily distinguished from the Gryllidce and 

 from the Locustidce by the short antennae, and includes several limited 

 families. 



A. Tarsorum nngues arolio instruct!. Spongiphori, Serv. Hist. Orth. 565. 

 a. Antenna? 6-articulauu aut 8-articulat83. 



Fam. 1. PROSCOPID^E. 

 Proscopidae, Serv. Hist. Orth. 565. 



A. Caput ascendens. --_-_-!. PEOSCOPIA. 



B. Caput horizontal - 2. CEPHALOOEMA. 



Genus 1. PROSCOPIA. 



Proscopia, Hoffm. Klug, Horae Phys. Berol. 19. Lair. Fam. Nat. Serv. 

 Hist. Orth. 571. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 603. Blanch. Gay, Chile, 

 vi. 59. 



The P. striata of Blanchard is probably distinct from the P. striata of 

 Klug, and in that case will require a new name. King's work on this 

 genus is not accessible in London, and the characters of the species 

 described by Burmeister are very short. 



1. PEOSCOPIA SPINOSA. 



spinosa, Klug, Horce Phys. Berol. 23, pi. 4, f. 8. Burm. Handb. Ent. 

 ii. 604. 



Bahia. 



a. South America. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



2. PROSCOPIA GRANULATA. 



granulate, Klug, Horce Phys. Berol. 23, pi. 4, f. 7. Serv. Hist. Orth. 575. 

 Burm. Handb. EnL ii. 604. 



Bahia. 



