ACRIDID.E. 557 



spines wliiiish, with Llack tips, longest on tbc inner side. Fore wings 

 eiiiercdus on half the length from the tips, whitish along the hind border ; 

 disk with a suhqnadrate whitish spot, with threo exterior oblique abbre- 

 viated whitish banrls, and with lv\o more exterior longiludin:il whitish 

 sire.iks which are connected at the base and extend to the lip; veins 

 brown towards the tips. Hind wings pale cinereous; veins bhick, tawny 

 towards the base. Length of the body 26 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 54 lines. 



The prothorax is shorter than that of C. ranacea. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



18, Cyrtacanthacris variegata. 



FtEni. Testacea ; vertex ferrugineo oblique histrigatus, aniiee suh- 

 hexagonalis ; antennce pallide lulecc ; prothorax vittis diiahus 

 dorsalihiis vittiaque duahus lateralibus subtrigonaiibus ferruqineis 

 lalissimis ; prosterni spina albida ; tibia pnsticce fascia basali 

 dimidioque apicali rufescentibus ; aUc anlicce apices versus cinerew, 

 striga costali brevi lata lineisque subcostalibus nigra areolatis, striga 

 postica basali fusca, maculis diiabus discoidalibus pallida venosis, 

 fasciis quinque exteriarihus obliquis indeterminatis ; alee posticce 

 pallide cinerece. 



Female. Testaceous. Head smooth ; vertex with two lanceolate 

 oblique ferruginous streaks which converge towards the depressed and 

 sliglitly hexagonal fore part; front thinly punctured, with four keels, the 

 inner pair parallel, very shallow towards the face, the outer pair diverging. 

 Eyes fusiform, with several brown longitudinal lines. Antenna? pale 

 luteous. Prothorax scabrous, with a dorsal ridge and with the usual four 

 transverse impressed lines ; four very broad ferruginous stripes, the outer 

 pair nearly triangular; fore border rounded ; sides slightly rounded ; hind 

 border elongated, slightly angular. Prosternal spine whitish, thick, curved, 

 very convex in front, extending a little beyond the fore border of the meso- 

 sternum. Hind femora shorter than the abdomen. Hind tibiae shorter 

 than the hind femora, reddish for half the length from the tips; a red band 

 near the base; spines while with black tips, longest on the inner side. 

 Fore wings cinereous towards ihe tips ; veins whitish; longitudinal veins 

 partly fed ; a short broad costal streak and two subcostal lines formed by 

 black areolets ; a brown streak near the hind border jiroceeding from the 

 base; two brown pale- veined spots in the disk ; first spot round, near the 

 base ; second more or less elongated ; five exterior oblique abbreviated and 

 interrupted bands with blackish borders; first band cinereous; second, 

 third, fourth and fifth pellucid, with testaceous or brownish veins; fourth 

 and fifth much dislocated. Hind wings pale cinereous ; veins reddish, mostly 

 black in the exterior part. Length of the body 39 lines ; expansion of the 

 fore wings 70 lines. 



a, b. Congo., Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



