6. Xiphidion longipenne (de Haan) .

Locusta (Xiphidium) longipennis de Haan, Temninck, Verh. Orth., 188, 1842.

Xiphidion longipenne, Karny, Philippine Jour. Sci. 18: 608, 1921.

Piti, April 30, ex grass, Usinger; Inarajan, May 14, on rice, Usinger; Agana, May 25, Usinger; Yigo, Nov. 8, on corn, Swezey .

This species is distributed from India and Ceylon to China. and the Philippines. It was common in Guam, being somewhat of a rice pest, feeding on the rice kernels in the heads before they were ripe.