Plate XLI. fig. 1.
ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Saltatoria. _Family_: Locustidæ.
GENUS. LOCUSTA. Gryllus (Locusta) _Linn._ Gryllus, _Fabr._ SUBGENUS:
Locusta proper. Oedipoda, _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.
{88}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.