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Show 210 MESSRS. BRUNNER AND REDTENBACHER ON [Mar. 15, posticos extrorsum curvatce ; angulus anticus loborum lateralium in tuberculum productus, margine inferiore subrecto obliquo. Meso- et metanotum cum abdominis segmentis omnibus rugosa, pilosa, superne carina media longitudinali, margine postico granidis vel tuberculis elevatis instructa. Elytra et aloe Prosternum protuberantia conica, erecta, longa. Lobi meso-sternales parum (2) vel haud (3) transversi, intervallo parum angustiore. Lobi metasternales distincte distantes, quam in mesosterno angustiore (prcecipue in 3 )• Pedes pilosi. Femora postica superne remote serrulata, lobis apica-libus rotundatis. Tibia'posticce superne teretes, utrinque 6, intervallis cequalibus, apice superne spinis apiccdibus Cerci 3 breves, acuminati, recti. Valvulce superiores ovipositoris extus crenulatce. 8,2- Hoc genus, valde affine Vilernce, Stal (Rec. Orth. i. 1873, pp. 38 et 71), differt pronoto in medio strumoso, elytris absque nullis. 1. C. APTERUS, Redt. (n. sp.). (Plate XVI. fig. 11, a, b.) Olivaceus, dilute obscure marmoratus, lateribus plerumqne obscuri-oribus. Venter cum pectore viridi- vel ferrugineo-testaceus. Tubercidi elevati thoracis et abdominis fusci. Femora postica extus dilute, intus distincte fusco-bifasciata, carinis remote nigro-serrulatis. Tibice posticce sordide jiavescentes, annulo subbasali sulfureo, spinis filavis vel sidfureis, apice Tarsi ferruginei. 3 2 • Long, corpor 27 millim. 37-38 millim. ,, pronot 5*2 „ 6'5 „ ,, fern, post 15'5 „ 19-8 „ Patria: St. Vincent, windward side, Bow-wood prope Kingstown (1000').-Specimina nonnulla, partim imperfecta, collecta prope marginem silvarum. Found on Lot 14 Estate on three occasions in April and May.- H. H. S. Genus SCHISTOCERCA, Stal. I. S. PALLENS, Thunberg. Gryllus pallens, Thunbg. Mem. Ac. Petersb. v. p. 237 (1815) ; Mem.' Ac. Petersb. ix. p. 422 (1324). Schistocerca pallens, Stal, Rec. Orthopt. i. p. 66 (1873). Patria: St. Vincent, windward side.-^Specimen unicum.-Occurrit etiam in Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica (coll. Brunner). Lot 14 Estate in April.-H. H. S. 2. S. COLUMBINA, Thunberg. Gryllus columbinus, Thunberg, Mem. Ac. Pefersb. ix. p. 425 (1824). Schistocerca columbina, Stal, Rec, Orthopt. i. p. 67 (1873). Patria: St. Vincent, windward side.-Specimina compluria.- |