560 CATALOGUE OF 



lenn;tb ; veins elsewhere pale. Ifiiul winns pellucid ; veins blacV, pale 

 towards llie base. Leii<;lli of tlie body 20 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 48 lines. 



a. North Hindustan. From Dr. Hooker's colleciion. 



33. Cystacanthacris lotescens. 



Fuem. Teslacea, sal gracilis ; vertex an lice hexac/ona lis ; antenmc fuhce, 

 basi pallide hitnc ; mesosterni spina crassa, arcuala, tnesosteriiuin 

 altingens ; alee anticcf albidce, veuis pallide testaceis ; aUe poslicie 

 diaphaucE, venis ex parte nigricantibus. 



Female. Testaceiuis, rather slender. Head smootli ; fore part of the 

 vertex depressed, hexagonal ; front punctured, with four strongly-marked 

 keels, the inner pair shallower and slightly divergent towards tbe face, the 

 outer pair more divergent. Eyes tawny, elongate-elliptical. Antenna; 

 tawny, pale luteous towards the base. Prothorax scabrous, with 

 a dorsal ridge and with the usual four transverse impressed lines; fore 

 border rounded in the middle; sides nearly straight ; hind border much 

 elongated, slightly angular. Prosternal spine thick, curved, extending to 

 the fore border of the mesosternuTn, Hind femora a liitle longer than the 

 abdomen. Hind tibite shorter than the hind femora ; spines with black 

 tips. Fore wings whitish, as long as the body; veins pale testaceous. 

 Hind wings pellucid; veins partly blackish. Length of the body 23 lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 48 lines. 



a. China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esi]. 



Australasia. 



34. CvUTACANTHACaiS NIGROVARIA. 



Fccm. Lutea ; vertex ferrtigineo oblique bisliigatus ; antcnnce nigrte, 

 basi fulvie ; prothorax nigra inlerrupte sex vitlatus ; prosterni spina 

 crassa, subarcuata, siibobli(/ua, mesosternum nan altingens ; femora 

 pnstica nlrinque nigro guttata et bimaculata ; tibice posticce rufce ; 

 alee anlicce lurida,niaculis antemediis indislinclis e venis nigris ; uhe 

 posticce cinerece. 



Female. Luteous, stcuit. Head smooth; vertex with an oblique 

 ferruginous streak on each side; fore part depressed, hexagonal; front 

 punctured, with four well-defined keels, the inner pair parallel, the outer 

 pair slightly diverging. Eyes piceons, elongate-elliptical. Antennis black, 

 tawny at the base. Prothorax scabious, with a dorsal ridge and with four 

 transverse impressed lines ; six irregular and incom])lete l)lack stripes, the 

 two interior pair partly connected ; fore border and sides slightly rounded ; 

 hind border much rounded. Prosternal spine thick, slightly curved and 

 oblique, not extending to the fore border of the mesosternum. Hind 

 femora as long as the abdomen, with some black dots and two large irre- 

 gular black spots on each side. Hind tibite red, a little shorter than the 

 hind femora; spines with black lips. Fore wings lurid, a little shorter 

 than the body ; veins black, partly tawny ; a few indistinct antemedial spots 



