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quibusclam alils pallidioribus signatis ; femoribus tibiisque viridibus basi 

 et pone apicem late albido annulatis, tarsis albidis articulorum apicibus 

 obscuris ; antennis fuscescentibus basi pallidioribus ; abdomine sub- 

 fusco ; alis fuscescentibus immaculatis nisi costa lata (tegmen refe- 

 rente) viridi, maculis numerosissimis parvis (interdum confluentibus) 

 nigris undique notatd. 



Long. Corp. lin. 21. Exp. alar. lin. 3j. 



Habitat in Java. 



In Mus. nostr. 



Orthoptera. Fam. Gryllida, Leach. 



(Locustariae*, Latr. Locustina, McL. Gryllus Tettigoniae, Linn.) 

 Strong YLonERUs,f Westw. 



Thorax maximus, convexus, fere rotundatus, diametro transversali 

 longitudinera tertia parte superante, lateribus serratis, disco tuberculis 

 parvis instructo. Caput transversum, thorace iramersum, vix dimidii 

 thoracis latitudine ; inter antennas dente parvo acuto canaliculato 

 armatura ; facie lata. Antennae tenues (in specimine nostrounico muti- 

 lato, tota parte superstite longitudinem corporis insecti aequante) . Abdo- 

 men vix thorace longius, convexum, basi latum, sensim attenuatum. 

 Pedes longitudine mediocres, validi, dentati, praesertim postici. 

 Tibiae anticae basi subocellatae. Tarsi 4-articulati, breves, articulo 3tio 

 bilobo. Prosternum baud dentatum. 



The singular insect upon which I have established this genus is in an 

 apparently imperfect state, very minute rudiments of tegmina alone beino- 

 visible, and the metathoracic segment being destitute of any appearance 

 of wings. Whether however it may not belong to M. Serville's subapterous 

 section must be decided by the examination of other specimens ; my 

 insect is a ^ , and its size, nearly an inch long, is noticeable as bearing 

 upon the question of its perfection. The form of the thorax (or rather 



* Nomen Locusta pro Locustis voracibus in Bibliis sacris (Locusta migra- 

 toria, &c.) commemoratis retineri debet. 

 -f Srpo/yvXoo) rotundo, f'fpiy collum. 



