568 CATALOGUE OF 



pellucid ; veins black, tawny along the costa, pale blue at the base. 

 Var. p. — Stripes of the vertex brown ; front with two brown stripes. Fore 

 winjrs with a row of brown spots in the disk. Length of the body 16 — 20 

 lines; expansion of the fore wings 36 — 40 lines. 



a, h. Aneiteutn, North Hebrides. Presented by the Admiralty, 

 c. Aneiteuin, North Hebrides. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Female P Hind tibia; 12 lines in length, much longer than those of 

 the male. Length of the body 27 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 52 lines. 

 d. Aneiteum, North Hebrides. Presented by Sir J. liiddell. 



37. Cyhtacanthacris nana. 



F(cm. Fulva, gracilis ; antennce apices versus pieeee ; prothorax vix 

 carinalus, margine antico vix incisn ; proslerni spina crassa, arcuata, 

 obli(jua, obtusa ; femora postica abihmine pautlo loiiffiora, extus nigra 

 subvillata, sublus rufa ; libice posticce rnfie, spinis albis ; alee anticcB 

 cincrecE, basi fulvtc, venulis Iransversis fuscis ; alee posticce Jlava, 

 apice pallide cinereie. 



Female. Tawny, slender. Head smooth; fore part of the vertex 

 hexagonal; front punctured, with four well-defined keels, the inner pair 

 hardly diverging, the ouier pair slightly diverging towards the face. Eyes 

 piceous, elongate-elliptical. Anlcnnie piceous towards the tips. Prothorax 

 linely scabrous, with a very slight dorsal keel and with the usual four 

 transverse impressed lines; fore border slightly rounded, very slightly 

 notched in the middle; sides hardly undulating; hind border much 

 rounded. Piosternal spine thick, curved, oblique, obtuse, not extending 

 to the mesosteniuni. Hind femora a liitle longer than the abdomen, much 

 longer than the hind tibiae, red beneath, irregularly striped with black on 

 the inner side; hind tibiae red ; spines white, small, with black lips. Fore 

 wings cinereous, as long as the body, tawny towards the base ; veins 

 tawny; transverse sectors brown. Hind wings yellow, hyaline, pale 

 cinereous at the tips; veins yellow, brown towards the lips. Length of the 

 body 18 lines; expansion ot the fore wings 38 lines. 



a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



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38. Cyrtacanthacris ferrina. 



Fcem. Testacea, gracilis ; vertex anlice subhexagonalis ; antennce nigri- 

 cantes, basi fulvce ; prothorax planus, subtricarinaliis ; proslerni 

 spina arcuata, robusta, mesosternum atlingens ; tibia posticce 

 rufescentes ; alte anlicic apices versus cinerece ; alee posticce cinereas. 



C. nana, var. P 



Female. Testaceous, slender. Head smooth ; fore part of the vertex 

 depressed, punctured, subhexagonal ; front punctured, with four keels 

 which diverge slightly towards the face. Eyes fusiform. Antenna; 

 blackish, tawny towards the face. Prothorax finely scabrous, with the 



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