554 CATAT.OGUE OF 



9. Cyrtacanthacris tauvula. 



Mas. Fulva, gracilis ; caput el prnlhoraxjlavo nnivilla/a ; cap id an lire 

 depreasum el subhexagonale, villa nigra itiary inula, frojile lalerihux/ue 

 teslaceis ; anlenncc lulece ; prolhuiax murglne ptislico subangulalo, 

 villa piceo suhmarginata ; pruslerni spina lanceolala, sat gracilis; 

 alee anlicce cinereo', fulvo venosce ; alee poslicce patlidissime cinerece, 

 casta apiceque obscuriaribus. 



Male. Tawny, slender. Head and prolhoiax with a yellow stripe. 

 Head smooth, testaceous on each side and in front; stripe bordered with 

 black ; fore part of the vertex depressed, somewhat hexajTonal ; front erect, 

 slightly punctured, with four distinct keels, which diverge slightly towards 

 the face. Eyes ferruginous, elongate-elliptical. Anleiuite luleous. Pro- 

 thorax finely scabrous, with a very slight keel and with four tiansverse 

 impressed lines ; first line interrupted in the middle; second abbreviated 

 on each side; fore border and sides slightly rounded; hind border very 

 slightly angular; stripe slightly bordered with piceous. Prosternal spine 

 lanceolate, rather slender, very slightly curved. Hind femora as long as 

 the abdomen. Hind tibiai rather shorter than the hind femora; spines 

 whitish, with black tips, those on the inner side a little longer than the 

 outer spines. Fore vvings cinereous ; veins tawny. Hind wings very pale 

 cinereous, darker at the tips and along the apical part of the costa ; veins 

 lawny, pale yellow on the hiud part towards the base. Length of the body 

 15 — 18 lines; expansion of the fore wings 34 — 40 lines. 



a, b. Demeiara. From Mr. Bowers' collecli(m. 



10. CVKTACANTHACRIS IMPLETA. 



Foem. Fulva ; caput vertiee nigro-bivillato anlice deprcsso conico, slrigis 

 duabus liilcruUbus viridesccnlibus indeterminatis ; prolhorax vittis 

 phiritnis nigris gutlularibus ; femara postica 7iigro guttata; aUc 

 autic<£ pallide cinercw, plugis ma<uiis gulti^que plurimis abscurioribus 

 nigra i-fnosis ; alee pustica pallide fuscescentes, uiaculis paucis 

 coslalibus apices ivrsus obscuriaribus nigra venosis, spatio postico 

 basali pallide jlaca. 



Female. Tawny. Head smooth, with two black stripes on the vertex, 

 of which the fore part is depressed and conical, a diffuse and indistinct 

 green streak between each eye and the mouth ; front punctured, with four 

 distinct keels, of which the inner pair diverge much less forward than the 

 outer pair. Eyes ferruginous, fusiform. Prolhorax scabrous, with a slight 

 keel and with four transverse impressed lines, of which the loremost is 

 widely interrupted in the middle; nine interrupted black stripes on each 

 side, these stripes mostly guttular; fore border hardly rounded; sides 

 straight; hind border slightly conical. Prosternal spine testaceous, stout, 

 elongate-conical, slightly cuived, extending to the fore border of the meso- 

 sternum. Hind femora rather longer than the abdomen, with some rows of 

 black dots. Hind tibia? a little shorter than the hind femora; spines 

 whitish, with black tips, those on the outer side towards the base much 

 shorter than those on the inner side. Fore wiugs pale cinereous, rather 



