The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by A.E. Shipley, assisted by Guy A.K. Marshall. Orthoptera. (Acridiidae) / by W.F. Kirby.

Date:
1914
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Credit: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by A.E. Shipley, assisted by Guy A.K. Marshall. Orthoptera. (Acridiidae) / by W.F. Kirby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9. Mnema pelops, Wall-. Cladonotua pelops, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. v, 1871, p, 843, Blackish, stout. Head with a spine on each side of the vertex adjoining the eye ; front with a tubercle on each side, two keels in the middle part; a single keel towards the vertex, and a forked keel towards the face; eyes extremely prominent. Antenna very slender. Prothorax rugose, with a middle keel which is Fig. 20.—Mnema pelops. most distinct in the fore part; sides dilated into membranes, each of which is armed with four spines; hind part lanceolate, extending somewhat beyond the tip of the abdomen. Legs stout; femora armed with teeth ; hind tibiae [now lost] with very short spines. Wings rudimentary. Length 9 mm. Type in the British Museum. Walker calls the specimen a female, but it appears to be a male. Group III. SGELIMENINL Key to the Genera. 1 (8) Antennse inserted distinctly below the eyes. 2 (5) Borders of the hind tibiae and of the first joint of the hind taisi with wide lamellar expansions. 3 (4) Pronotum very long, projecting greatly beyond tlie abdomen .... Scklimena, Serv., p. 21..