444 Mr. WestwooJ's characters of 



prothoracic shield) being similar in the imperfect states of this order to 

 that of the imago has induced me to characterize it as a group, without 

 hesitation, from the almost anomalous form of that part of the body. 

 Sp. 1. Strong. serraticoUis, Westw. 



Fulvus; thoracis disco sub-testaceo; antennisfuscoannulatis; abdominis 

 segmentis 4-7 in medio obscurioribus ; tuberculis discoidalibus thoracis 

 nigris, thoraceque utrinque punctulis numerosis elevatis. 



Long. corp. lin. 10. Thoracis latit. lin. 6. 

 Tab. XXII. Fig. 2. 



Habitat in Malabaria. 



In Mus. nostr. 



Orthoptera. Fam. Locustidce*, Leach. 



(Gryllus Locusta, Linn. Acridia, Latr. Acridina, McL.) 



Tripetalocera,-\ Westw. 



Tetriei [Acrydio] affinis. Antennae corporis dimidii longitudine, 



crassae, difForraes, articulo Imo brevi, 2do brevissimo, 3tio longo 



lato supra piano subtus lamina tenui horizontali instructo, incisionibus 



4 marginalibus quasi articulos indicantibus, articulo 4to multo breviore 



subtus laminato, ut in prsecedenti, articulo 5to majore apice latiore, 



etiam similiter laminato, articulo 6to minutissimo, ovato-conico. (Tab. 



XXII. Fig. 3.) Oculi valdfe prominentes. Caput inter antennas spina. 



bifida armatum. Prothorax corpus totum obtegens rigono-lanceolatus, 



inter pedes 4 anticos utrinque uni-spinosus, dorsoque in medio trigono- 



elevato. 



Sp. I. Trip.ferruginea, Westw. 

 Fusco-ferruginea, obscura, rngoso-punctata ; prothorace versus 

 apicem lineis duabus lateralibus elevatis angulosis ; oculis pallidis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 6^. 



• I follow Linngeus and Leach in giving to the family of the Grasshoppers 

 with short antennae the name of Locusta, including- also those whose ravages 

 are so well known. 



t Tpac tres, wtraXov folium, et Kipai^ cornu. 



