&G4 CATALOGUE OF 



Var.F Gieeu, slightly pilose. Head smooth; vertex convex; fore 

 part flat, subhexagonal ; fiont thinly punclured, with four distinct keels, 

 the inner pair parallel, the outer pair diverging towards the face. Eyes 

 tawny, elliptical, with black lines. AntenuiE whitish yellow. Prothorax 

 scabrous, with a dorsal ridge and with four transverse impressed lines ; two 

 irregular and interrupted purple stripes, which are dilated ou the fore border 

 and on the hinder; fore border slightly rounded; sides nearly straight; 

 hiud border much rounded. Prosternai spine thick, extending to the fore 

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

 Hind libisB shorter than the hind femora: spines white, with black tips, a 

 little longer on the inner side. Fore wings cinereous, a liflle longer than 

 the abdomen; veins tawny. Hind wings pellucid ; veins black, pale testa- 

 ceous towards the base. Length of the body 27 lines ; expansion of the 

 fore wings 46 lines. 



c. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



South Asia. 



29. CVRTACANTHACRIS FLAVICORNIS. 



Gryllus flavicornis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 52, 225. Thunh. — Acx'nVmm 

 roseum, Deg. Jus. iii. 488, ])1. 4 I, f. 1 — Acridium flavicorne, Sfrv. Hist. 

 Orlh. (345. Burm. tlandb. Ent. ii. (i29 — Gryllus (Locusta) roseus, 

 SloU, Saul, el Grill, ii. pi. 4 b. f. 12, 13. 



a. Silhet. From the Rev. JNIr. Stainforth's collection. 



b. Silhet. From Mr. Sovverby's collection. 



c. d. China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 e. ? 



30. ('VKTACANTHACRIS FUSILINEA. 



Fcem. Testacea ; vertex anlice depressus, hexagonalis ; prosterni spina 

 recta, obligua, mesosiernum non attingens ; alee antiae cinere(r, 

 lo7igissimte, basi testaccce, strigis maculisqite ferrugineis anteniediis, 

 lituris minoribus poslmediis fuscis nii/ro venosis ; alee posticce 

 diaphance, casta exteriore fulvescente. 



Female. Testaceous. Head smooth ; vertex depressed and hexagonal 

 in front; front thinly punctured, the inner keels shallower and slightly 

 diverging towards the face, the outer keels more diverging. Eyes ellip- 

 tical. Prothorax finely scabrous, with the usual four transverse impressed 

 lines and with a very slight dorsal ridge; fore border and hind border much 

 rounded, the former slightly notched in the middle ; sides slightly rounded. 

 Prosternai spine straight, oblique, moderately stout, not extending lo the 

 fore border of the mcsosternum. Hind femora longer than the abdomen. 

 Hind tibiffi shorter than the hind femora; spines with black tips, longest 

 on the inner side. Wings longer than the body. Fore wings cinereous, 

 testaceous towards the base; veins testaceous or red ; a few ferruginous 

 streaks and spots towards the base, and a few exterior and smaller brown 

 marks in which the veins are partly black. Hind wings pellucid, with a 



