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  XVI. 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Orthopterous 
  family 
  MecopodidgG. 
  

   By 
  William 
  F. 
  Kirby, 
  F.L.S., 
  Assistant 
  in 
  the 
  

   Zoological 
  Department, 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  [Bead 
  July 
  1st, 
  1891.] 
  

  

  The 
  small 
  family 
  Mecopodidce 
  forms 
  a 
  very 
  natural 
  group 
  

   among 
  the 
  PJiasgonimdcs, 
  or 
  grasshoppers 
  with 
  long 
  

   antennse, 
  which 
  are 
  usually, 
  but 
  improperly, 
  called 
  

   Locustidcs 
  by 
  entomologists, 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  Locustidce 
  

   should 
  certainly 
  be 
  retained 
  for 
  the 
  large 
  migratory 
  

   species 
  with 
  short 
  antennaB, 
  of 
  which 
  Locusta 
  migratoria, 
  

   L., 
  is 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  The 
  Mecopodidce 
  are 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  warmer 
  parts 
  

   of 
  Asia 
  and 
  Africa, 
  and 
  may 
  easily 
  be 
  recognised 
  by 
  a 
  

   few 
  salient 
  characters 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Prostcrnum 
  bispinose. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  tibiffi 
  with 
  terminal 
  spines 
  above 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  

  

  Front 
  tibiae 
  with 
  open 
  foramina 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  

  

  Tarsi 
  with 
  the 
  joints 
  broad, 
  depressed 
  and 
  laterally 
  

   carinated. 
  

  

  Hind 
  legs 
  very 
  long. 
  

  

  Karsch 
  has 
  published 
  a 
  synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  in 
  Berl. 
  

   Ent. 
  Zeitschr., 
  xxx., 
  pp. 
  107 
  — 
  118), 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sulted 
  with 
  advantage. 
  

  

  Genus 
  I. 
  Macrolyristes. 
  

   Vollenhoven, 
  Tijdschr. 
  Ent., 
  viii., 
  p. 
  106 
  (1865). 
  

  

  1. 
  Macrolyristes 
  imjjerator. 
  

   Vollenhoven 
  (nee 
  Walker), 
  l. 
  c, 
  p. 
  108, 
  pi. 
  vii. 
  (1865) 
  

   Hah. 
  Java, 
  Borneo. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  handsome 
  species, 
  with 
  strongly 
  

   serrated 
  lateral 
  borders 
  to 
  the 
  pronotum. 
  

  

  TRANS. 
  ENT. 
  SOC. 
  LOND. 
  1891, 
  — 
  PART 
  III, 
  (oCT.) 
  2 
  E 
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