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258 variegated with numerous small light-yellow quadrate spots; wings blue, with black spots, the posterior margin black; abdomen red above with yellow spots, yellowish-green beneath; hinder legs green, the thighs spotted with white. A native of South America.

LOCUSTA FLAVA. XVI. Fig. 2.

ash-coloured; thorax unequal, with a dorsal ridge; tegmina clouded with rusty-brown, each with two light-coloured bars; wings of a fine yellow at the base, beyond this there is a curved band of blackish brown, the extremity transparent and unspotted; posterior thighs bluish-black internally; tibiæ red. Found at the Cape of Good Hope.

LOCUSTA SURINAMA. XVII. Fig. 1.

from eight to nine lines; thorax black, with four longitudinal yellow lines; tegmina, dull-green, inclining to grey; wings blue, very glossy; abdomen greenish-yellow, with a series of yellow spots on each side; thighs blood-red at the base, the tip, and sometimes a band near the middle, black. Found in Surinam.