Plate XLII. fig. 2.
ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Saltatoria. FAMILY: Gryllidæ (Locustaires),
_Latr. &c._
GENUS. LOCUSTA. Gryllus (Locusta), _Linn. &c._ Acrydium, _Latr._
SUBGENUS: Rutidoderes, _Westw._
LOCUSTA (RUTIDODERES) MILES. Fusca, capitis lineis duabus marginalibus
margineque postico thoracis flavis, elytris brunneis, alis nigris maculis
duabus magnis sanguineis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Gryllus Miles, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Bay of Honduras, America.
Head green. Face striped on each side with yellow. Antennæ black. Thorax
dark green; posterior edges yellow. Abdomen black, but when the insect
was living, probably green. Tegmina entirely red brown. Wings black, with
a scarlet patch near the tips, running from the anterior almost {90}to
the posterior edges; another considerable part of the wings is likewise
scarlet, running from the body to the middle, and from thence to the
abdominal corners; the posterior and anterior edges being black. Legs
dark green, almost black, and variously spotted with yellow: the fore and
middle ones having a spot on each femur and tibia, the hinder ones having
three on each femur, and two on each tibia.