Descriptions of New or Little-knoivn Orthoptera. 443 



ARYTROPTERIS INTRICATA, n. sp. 



$ . Totally bi'ouze, and with the anterior part of the sides of the 

 prouotum weakly, yet distinctly irregularly plicate ; this character 

 distinguishes it from A. modesta, but the fastigium is also broader at 

 the summit of the declivous part ; the hind femora have a single row 

 of five spines underneath. 



This species cannot be mistaken for A. semiaenea or viridifer owing 

 to the more deflexed sides of the pronotum, and also in having only 

 one row of spines on the underside of the femora instead of two. 



Length of body 20 mm. ; of prouotum 10 mm. ; of hind femur 

 28 mm. ; of hind tibia 22 1 mm. ; of ovipositor 15 mm. 



Hal. Natal (Durban), J. H. Bowker. 



ARYTROPTERIS PLEBEIA, 11. sp. 



$ . Greyish stramineous with a bronze baud alongside the upper 

 part of the deflexed sides of the prouotum, and a broad lateral dark 

 bronze baud along the sides of the abdomen ; the inner part of the 

 hind femora has a bronze band, and the outer only a faint trace of a 

 similar one. 



In general appearance, and also in identical sculpture of the anterior 

 part of the deflexed sides of the prouotum, which is also weakly and 

 irregularly plicate, this species closely approximates A. intricata, but 

 the hind femora have only one spine situated at about the median 

 part of the inner cariua, instead of five as in A. intricata. It should 

 be noted, however, that this spine is missing on the opposite femur. 



Length of body, $ , 21 mm. ; of pronotum 10 mm. ; of hind femur 

 23 mm. ; of hind tibia 23 mm. ; of ovipositor 12 1 mm. 



Hob. Natal (Durban), J. H. Bowker. 



ARYTROPTERIS PULCHRIPES, n. sp. 



$ . Stramineous with a fusco-aeueous baud on each side of the 

 vertex and a faint one on the upper part of the deflexed side ; abdo- 

 men sprinkled with minute fusco-aeueous spots ; the basal lateral 

 abdominal baud is obsolete, hind femora green underneath and with 

 a conspicuous black band on the upper outer side ; hind tibiae 

 plainly roseate ; the pronotum and abdomen are longer and a little 

 narrower than in the other species included in the second group of the 

 genus, and the elytra are visible under the apex of the pronotum ; in 

 the anterior tibiae the upper spine on the outer upper side is wanting; 

 and those on the single row under the femora number four. 



