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ORTHOPTERA. 
Mr. Bailey, the astronomer who sailed in one of the expeditions with Captain Cook. 
This is of an analogous kind to that of the Mantis siccifolia, though evidently distinct. 
The perfect insect, and in consequence the species, is unknown to us. Our only 
motive for inserting it is to shew the peculiar singularity of the abdomen, in the middle 
of which there are two remarkable subquadrangular spots, of a filmy texture, that are 
transparent, and may be seen through very distinctly.” — Donovan. 
Mr. G. R. Gray, in his Synopsis of the Pliasmidce, has characterized the last named 
insect as a distinct species, with the description : — 
P. Donovani (Pupa) : viride, abdomine medio maculis duabus hyalinis subquadratis. Long. 
Corp. 1 — 5. Exp. Corp, 6f. 
The chief character of this supposed insect is, I believe, indicative only of the 
males, notwithstanding the shortness of the antennae in the accompanying figure, 
which it is not improbable are fictitious, the antennas of the male pupas being much 
longer, and more numerously articulated, than in the females. If this supposition 
should be ascertained to be correct, I have little doubt that the figure in question 
represents merely the male pupa of Ph. siccifolium, and not of a distinct insect. In 
the Crochard edition of the Regne Animal, a figure is given of the male pupa, which is 
described as the perfect state of that sex; but unfortunately only the three basal 
segments of the abdomen are represented, the fourth, which bears the ocelli, and the 
remaining segments being omitted. 
LOCUSTA (MONACHIDIA) RETICULATA. 
Plate XII. fig. 1. 
Section. Saltatoria, Latreille. 
Family. LocustidjE, Leach. 
Genus. Locusta. 
Subgenus. Monachidia. (Monachidium, Serville.) 
Species. Locusta (Monachidia) Reticulata: ferruginea; thorace crista trifida carinata, 
postice producta cymbiformi, carina lineaque laterali nigris ; tegminibus nigris flavo 
reticulatis. Long, (alis clausis) unc. 21. 
Locusta (Monachidia): ferrugineous ; thorax with a three-cleft, keeled, boat- 
shaped crest produced over the elytra, the ridge and a lateral line of black ; teg- 
mina black, reticulated with yellow. Length with the wings shut, 21 inches. 
Syn. Gryllus reticulatus, Fair. Ent. Syst. 11. p. 47. Donov. ls£ edit. 
Fabricius describes this insect from the Banksian collection, and as an inhabitant 
of Tranquebar. 
