782 CATALOGUE OF 



blackish above, with three straight, well-defined testaceous keels ; the 

 lateral keels slightly diverging from the fore border to the hind border, 

 which is slightly rounded and not elongated. Abdomen a little shorter 

 than the hind femora, with two stripes of black oblique streaks. Hind 

 femora streaked with black on the outer side, with a broad black stripe and 

 a subapical black band on the inner side. Hind tibiae red, a little shorter 

 than the hind femora, their spines with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, 

 fusiform, shorter than the abdomen, mostly clouded with brown ; a dingy 

 yellowish subcostal stripe ; costa most rounded near the base. Hind wings 

 blackish ; veins black. Length of the body 15 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 21 lines. 



Genus 11. PARAPLEURUS. 



Gryllus, Hagenb., Ckarp., Germ. Gomphocerus, Burm., Fisch. (olim)-~ 

 Acridium, Costa CEdipoda,' Sm;., Fisch. de W. Mecostethus, Fieb. 

 Parapleurus, Fisch. Orth. Eur. 363. 



1. PARAPLEURUS TVPUS. 



Gryllus parapleurus, Hagenb. Sym. Faun. Helv. 34, f. 21. Charp. Hor, 

 Ent. 152 Gomphocerus parapleurus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 651. 

 Fisch. 15. Mannh. 7. Ber. 39 CEdipoda parapleura, Serv. Hist. 

 Orth. 739. Fisch. de W. Orth. Ross. 303, pi. 23, f. 1, 2 Gryllus 

 alliaceus, Germ. Faun. Ins. Eur. ii. pi. 19 Parapleurus typus, Fisch. 

 Orth. Eur. 364, pi. 16, f. 1, 



Middle Europe. 



Genus 12. PARACINEMA. 



Gryllup, Charp. (Hor. Ent.) Ramb., Herr. Schceff. (Panz. Cont.) Acridium, 

 Costa, H.-Sch. (Nomencl.) Bris. Barn. CEdipoda, Serv., Charp. 

 (Orth.) Paracinema, Fisch. Orth. Eur. 312. 



1. PARACINEMA BISIGNATA. 



Gryllus bisignatus, Charp. Hor. Ent. 133. Ramb. Faun. And. 92. Herr- 

 Schceff. Panz. Cont. 157, pi. 21 CEdipoda bisignata, Serv. Hist. 

 Orth. 338. Charp. Orth. pi. 53 Acridium bisignatum, Costa, Faune, 

 Regr. Nap. 33, pi. 5, f. 3 Acridium vendulum, Costa, Faun. R. Nap. 

 pi. 5, f. 4 Paracnema bisignata, Fisch. Orth. Eur. 313, pi. 5, f. 4. 



a. South France. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 

 b e. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 /, g. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 

 A -j. South Africa. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 



Genus 13. GOMPHOCERUS. 



Gryllus (Locusta), Stall. Gryllus, Fabr., Charp., Panz., Pallas, Zett. 

 Gomphocerus, Thunb., Steph., Fisch. de W., Burm., Serv. Acridium, 

 Deg., Latr., Bris. de B. CEdipoda, Fisch. de W. ex parte Steno- 

 bothrus, Fisch. 



