. Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. ^ , ,. 53 PLATE LXIII. DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME ORTHOPTEROUS INSECTS BELONGINGTO THE SECTION SALTATORIA. PROSCOPIA OCCIDENTALS. Westw.(Plate 63, fig. 1.)P. fulva, nigro fuscoque varia, rugoso-punctata, capite ante oculos conico, prothorace capitislongitudine margine antico dilatato, metathorace valde tumido. Long. corp. unc. If. $ ,unc. 2. J .Habitat. Valparaiso, Chili. In Mus. Hope, and Mus. Britt. This curious species is more robust than the generality of theinsects of this singular genus. The head of the male has th
. Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. ^ , ,. 53 PLATE LXIII. DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME ORTHOPTEROUS INSECTS BELONGINGTO THE SECTION SALTATORIA. PROSCOPIA OCCIDENTALS. Westw.(Plate 63, fig. 1.)P. fulva, nigro fuscoque varia, rugoso-punctata, capite ante oculos conico, prothorace capitislongitudine margine antico dilatato, metathorace valde tumido. Long. corp. unc. If. $ ,unc. 2. J .Habitat. Valparaiso, Chili. In Mus. Hope, and Mus. Britt. This curious species is more robust than the generality of theinsects of this singular genus. The head of the male has the sidesrather curved and rugose, but in the female they are straight,forming with the part in front of the eyes an elongated cone; inthe latter sex it is more rugose than in the male. The antennae ofboth sexes are 9-jointed *: they are slightly thickened in themiddle, the tip being slenderest; they are inserted in the under-side of the head between the front part of the eyes. The prothoraxis narrower than the head, its narrowest part being before theplace of insertion of the fore-f
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