Order: Orthoptera. Section: Saltatoria. Family: Locustidæ.
Genus. Locusta. Gryllus (Locusta) Linn. Gryllus, Fabr. Subgenus: Locusta proper. Œdipoda, Serv.
Locusta Obscura. Thorace lævi; elytris fuscis; alis disco rubro, fasciâ nigrâ, apice hyalinâ. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Gryllus obscurus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 2. 701. 50. De Geer Ins. 3. 492. 8. t. 41. f. 4. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. 58. 47.
Habitat: Cape Coast, Africa.
Antennæ brown and filiform, the length of the thorax. Head clay-coloured, rounded. Thorax smooth, brown, and angulated. Tegmina clay-coloured. Wings next the body red, and surrounded with a broad black bar running up to the anterior edge, the tips being transparent. Legs clay-coloured. Hinder femora broad, and prettily chequered on the outside, the inside being black. Posterior tibiæ red and spined.
GRYLLUS (PHYLLOPTERUS) MYRTIFOLIUS.
Plate [XLI]. fig. 2.
Order: Orthoptera. Section: Saltatoria. Family: Gryllidæ (Locustaires, Latr. &c.)
Genus. Gryllus. Sect. Gryllus (Tettigonia), Linn. Locusta, Latr. Subgenus. Phylloptera, Serv.