ENTOMOLOGY. 



PLATE LXIX. 



GRYLLUS DONOVANI 

 DONOVAN'S LOCUST 



Hemiptera. 



generic character. 



Head inflected, armed with jaws : feelers filiform : antennae- 

 setaceous or filiform : wings deflected or convolute : the lower ones 

 plaited : hind logs formed for leaping : claws double. 



* Antennas setaceous. 



Specific character. 



Wing-eases rufous brown, with black spots, and three large 

 green blotches disposed longitudinally on each : antennae very long, 



Gryllus Donovan I : elytris rufo-fuscus maculis nigris, lituris^ 

 magnis tribus viridis longitudinaliter positis t 

 antennis longissirais. 



The appearance of this Locust is particularly elegant, and very- 

 dissimilar from that of any other species of its tribe with which we are 

 acquainted ; and it may also be added with perfect confidence that 

 the species is new and undescribed. At this period only three ex- 

 amples of this interesting insect we believe are known, two of which 

 are of the female sex, and one the male ; they were brought to 



