[Illustration: =Fig. 26.=--_Cirphula pyrocnemis_ (Stäl). The Red-legged Locust. (“Agricultural Gazette,” N.S.W.)] [Illustration: Fig. 27. Fig. 28. =Figs. 27= and =28=.--Australian Grasshoppers. 27.--_Tryxalis rafflesii_ (Blanchard). The Slender Narrow-headed Grasshopper. 28.--_Goniæa australasiae_ (Leach). The Ridge-backed Grasshopper. (“Agricultural Gazette,” N.S.W.)] The Long-nosed Locust, _Tryxalis rafflesii_, is very common in open grassed flats; the female is nearly 3 inches long, with a slender pointed head, and long pointed body, varying from all shades of grass green to pale salmon colour. It is easily recognised by its curious finger-like antennae, and grotesque head. The male is a very slender, much smaller insect. The pink-winged Tryxalid, _Atrastemorpha crenaticeps_, is much smaller; it has a pointed head of a uniform pale green tint; the wings are brightly tinted with red, deepest at the shoulders. The Ridge-backed Grasshopper, _Goniaea australasiae_, is a large, stout, reddish brown insect about 2 inches long, which lives on the hills in open forest; the male is a much smaller hopper, but both sexes have the head, thorax, and closed wings forming a sharp ridge down the back. In similar open forest country we find _Coryphistes cyanopterus_, which usually rests on the tree trunks, with its slightly roughened head, thorax, and mottled elytra closely resembling the bark. It measures 2½ inches in length, but though it is very variable in size and outward colouration, the wings when expanded always show a rich blue tint. The Crested Locust, _Ecphantus quadrilobis_, is one of our western forms that rests among the dry grass on the plains; it is dull green to yellow, short and thickset; is 1½ inches long; with the back ridged, and the crested thorax formed into 4 lobes. The spotted locust, _Stropis maculosa_, is another of our western forms; it is broad and thickset; about 2 inches long; of a uniform dark brown tint, with the thorax barred, and the elytra mottled with large patches of light yellow. [Illustration: =Fig. 29.=--_Coryphistes cyanopterus_ (Charpentier). The Blue-winged Locust. (“Agricultural Gazette,” N.S.W.)] [Illustration: =Fig. 30.=--_Stropis maculosa_ (Stäl). The Spotted Ground-locust of the interior. (“Agricultural Gazette,” N.S.W.)] There are also many other curious forms of wingless, short-horned locusts in the interior, belonging to several genera, and probably some fine things that have never reached our museums. Family 9. Long-horned Grasshoppers. LOCUSTIDAE.