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near the base and eight exterior oblique bands of a pale brown hue with 

 darker borders and veins; veins whitish in the pellucid parts. Hind 

 wings hardly cinereous ; veins black, luteous-tawny towards the 

 base. Length of the body 25 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 60 lines. 



The hind part of the prolhorax is more widened and its hind border is 

 much more rounded than that of C. lurbida. The less elongated hind 

 border of the prothorax and the shorter hind libiuj distinguish it from 

 C. variegata. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



21. CVRTACANTHACRIS SUBSELLATA. 



Foem. Testacea ; vertex slrigis duabus lanceolalis ferrugineis, antice 

 subhexagonalis, fronte fuscescenle triviltala ; prolhorax ferrugineo 

 fjuadrifittatus, vittis duabus inleriorihus nigricante marginalis ; pro- 

 sterni spina albida ; tibice poslicce rufie, spinis albida apice nigris ; 

 alee anticcB pallide teslacece, apices versus diaphance, striga basali 

 maculis^nlemediis fascii.tque sex obliquis indeterminalis fusco venosis 

 cinereis ; alcv poslicce diaphauce, basi el apud marginem inUriorem 

 albce. 



Feinale. Testaceous, slightly pilose. Head smooth, irregularly 

 whitish about the eyes; vertex niih two lanceolate ferruginous streaks 

 which proceed fiom the hind bordtr ; fore part depressed, subhexagonal ; 

 front thinly punctured, with three brovvnish stripes and with four slight 

 keels, which diverge towards the face. Eyes elliptical, dotted with brown. 

 Prolhorax finely scabrous, bordered with yellowish white, slightly contracted 

 in the middle, enlarged in the hind part, with a very slight dorsal ridge 

 and with the usual four transverse impressed lines ; four broad ferruginous 

 stripes, the inner pair blackish bordered on the inner side ; fore border 

 rounded ; sides slightly rounded ; hind border much rounded. Prosternal 

 spine whitish, curved, lanceolate, moderately stout, extending to the fore 

 border of the mesosternuni. Hind femora shorter than the abdomen. 

 Hind tibisB red, shorter than the hind femora ; spines white, with black 

 tips, a liltle longer on the inner side. P'ore wings pale testaceous, pellucid 

 in the exterior part ; veins whitish ; markings cinereous ; two or three spots 

 near the base; a basal streak near the hind border; a large oblique ante- 

 medial spot ; six oblique, abbreviated, more or less irregular bands with 

 brown veins. Hind wings pellucid, white along the interior border and 

 towards the base. Length of the body 21 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 50 lines. 



The fore border of the prothorax is shorter than that of C. fascifera 

 and the hind tibise are shorter. 



a. Souih Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



