INSECT A. 259 



metanotum white ; lateral margins of abdomen with a narrow 

 white fascia, inwardly testaceous and outwardly black. Wings 

 quite rudimentary and greenish ochraceous. 



Anterior femora a little longer in length than head and 

 pronotum together and armed with ten spines on each side ; 

 anterior tibiae with eight spines on each side; intermediate 

 femora with nine spines on inner under margin, and ten 

 shorter spines on outer under margin ; intermediate tibias 

 with ten or eleven spines on each side ; posterior femora with 

 a double series of short spines beneath, but not reaching 

 apical area. 



Long, from apex of head to apex of ovipositor 76 millim. ; 

 pronot. 7; head 5; ovipositor 28; ant. femora 13; post, 

 femora 38. Pretoria. 



Differs from H. hasiata, the only other described species of 

 the genus, both as regards the different markings and the pro- 

 portional measurements. 



Fain. ACRIDIID.E. 



Acrida nasuta, Linn. Pretoria. 



Acrida turrita, Linn., var. calceata, Sauss. Pretoria. 



Mesops abbreviates , Pal. Beauv. Zoutpansberg. 



Par (/a gracilis, Burm. Pretoria. 



Phymateus leprosus, Fabr. Pretoria. 



Phymateus morbillosus, Linn. Pretoria. 



Phymateus squarrosus, Linn. Pretoria. 



Ochrophlebia ligneola, Serv. Pretoria. 



Maura rubro-ornata, Stal. Pretoria. 



Taphronota porosa, Stal. Pretoria. 



Petasia spumans, Thunb. Pretoria. 



-, var. ater, Dist. (Tab. IV. fig. 3.) 



Black ; anterior and posterior margins of thorax above, 

 interior area of wings, basal halves of anterior and interme- 

 diate femora, tibue excluding bases and apices, tarsi excluding 

 apices, and the palpi bright coralline red. Pretoria. 



Porthetis cinerascens, Stal. Pretoria. 



Porthetis griseus, Serv. Pretoria. 



