Head dusky olive brown. Antennæ yellow, the tips black. Eyes red brown. Thorax olive brown, having a sharp indented ridge on the top, and one on each side; that on the top being black. Abdomen dark brown. Tegmina pale olive, spotted all over with darker spots of various shapes. Wings scarlet; the edges, except the abdominal, black; which, at the tips, and along the external edges, forms a kind of lattice work, breaking in upon the black division. Legs yellowish brown, the hinder tibiæ being spinose; tarsi with a cup-like pulvillus between the claws. Gryllus reticulatus (Fabr. sp. Ins. 1. p. 362. No. 7.) figured by Donovan in his Insects of India, Pl. 12. Fig. 1., and said to be from Bengal, is very closely allied to, if indeed it be not identical with, the species here figured. {89}LOCUSTA (PHYMATEA) PUNCTATA. Plate XLI. fig. 4. ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Saltatoria. FAMILY: Gryllidæ (Locustaires, _Latr. &c._) GENUS. LOCUSTA. Gryllus (Locusta), _Linn._ Acrydium, _Latr._ SUBGENUS: Phymateus, _Thunberg_. LOCUSTA (PHYMATEA) PUNCTATA. Thorace verrucoso atro, elytris atris flavo punctatis, alis atris, abdomine rufo annulato. (Long. Corp. cum alis claus. 2 unc. 9 lin.) SYN. Gryllus punctatus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 2. 51. 19. _Thunberg Mem. Acad. Imp. St. Petersb. p._ 258. _Stoll. Sauter. pl._ 7. b. _f._ 24. A. _Donovan Ins. India_, _pl._ 12. _fig._ 2. HABITAT: East India. Antennæ black, and longer than the thorax. Eyes small, round, and red brown. Head black at top, the middle being yellow; the lower part, with the mouth, black. Thorax rough and margined, full of spines and tubercles, both at top and on the sides; the former being black, the latter yellow. Breast black. Abdomen the same, ringed with red. Tegmina black, prettily spotted with yellow; the spots next the tips being smallest. Wings entirely black. Anus red. Legs black; the hinder thighs being marked on the outside with yellow. PLATE XLII. [Illustration] LOCUSTA COERULEA. Plate XLII. fig. 1. ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Saltatoria. FAMILY: Locustidæ. GENUS. LOCUSTA. Acrydium, _Latr._ Oedipoda, _Serv._ LOCUSTA COERULEA. Obscurè viridis, alis posticis hyalinis coeruleis, angulo externo nigro, femoribus medio flavis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.) SYN. Gryllus coeruleus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. HABITAT: Calabar, Western Coast of Africa, 6° North L. Head dark dirty green. Antennæ ----? Thorax dirty green and smooth, without any tubercles. Tegmina dark green, and opake. Wings thin and blue; the tips being much darker. Abdomen dark green. Legs the same, the hinder femora striped on the outside with yellow and light green, but on the inside entirely yellow; the tips being black. LOCUSTA (RUTIDODERES) MILES. Plate XLII. fig. 2. ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Saltatoria. FAMILY: Gryllidæ (Locustaires), _Latr. &c._