572 CATALOGUE OF 



uiiigs paler ; veins black. Length of the body 21 lines ; expansion of ilie 

 fore wings 42 lines. 



It has much affinity to C. plajiala, but the piostevnal spiue is 

 stouter. 

 a. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



Country unknown. 



44. CVETACANTHACRIS APPROXIMAXS. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput vitlis duabus slrigisque quatuor obliquis nigris, 

 verlice antico depresso suhhexagonali, fronle carinis duabus inter- 

 mediis antice obsolelis ; antenna lulece, apices versus nigricnntes; 

 prothorax vitlis sex poslice abbreviatis duabufsque integris nigris; 

 femora poslica nigra punctata et bistrigata ; ala: anlica; cinerea 

 fasciis indeterminalis maculisque nonnullis obscurioribus nigro- 

 venosis ; alee posticce pallide cinerece. 



Male. Tawny. Head thinly and minutely punctured ; vertex 

 sui'jolh, with two i)lack stripes which extend from the hind border to the 

 fore piirt, the latter depressed and sliglitly hexagonal ; on each side two 

 oblique black streaks, one extending behind the eye to the hind border, the 

 other extendinti; from the eye lo the mouth; front ncMily erect, with four 

 keels, of which the inner pair disajjpear towards the face. Eyes ferru- 

 ginous, fusiform. Antenna; luteous, biackish for half the lenjith from the 

 tips. Prothorax finely scabrous, with a sli<;ht raid<ile lidge and with four 

 transverse impressed lines, of which the foremost is widely interrupted iu 

 the middle; eight black siripes, the inner pair complete, ihe other six much 

 abbreviated hindw;ird ; fore border and sides slightly rounded ; hind border 

 much rounded. Prosternal spiiie elongate-conical, very slightly curved, 

 extendintr to the niesosternum. Hind femora as long as the abdomen, with 

 some black points and with two black streaks above; hind tibiie a little 

 shorter, ilieir spines with black tips, those on the inner side a little longer 

 than those on the outer side. Fore wings cinereous, with several dark 

 cinereous spots, a few of which funn irregular oblique bands ; some blackish 

 spots towards the base and some smaller blackish spots along the costa ; 

 veins black in the spots. Hind wings pale cinereous, longer than the 

 abdomen ; veins black, whitish towards the base. Length of the body 24 

 lines ; exjiansion of the fore wings 58 lines. 



The uncoloured hind wings distinguish it from C. Americana, io which 

 it has much affinity. 



45. Cyrtacanthacris intkrrupta. 



Mas, Fulva; caput et prothorax pallide univittata; caput verlice antico 

 subhexagonali, villa nlbo binolala, strigis duabus laleralibus nigris 

 lanceolatis ; prothorax villa nigricanle submarginala, vitlis duabus 

 flavis duubusque nigricantibus laleralibus abbreviatis, vitlis duabus 

 adhuc exlerioribus Jlavis, margine postico suhlruncalo ; prosterni 

 spina robusla, subarcuata ; femora poslica nigra viltala ; ala anlica 

 punclis maculis slrigisque plurimis e venis nigris ; ala poslica 

 diaphana, venis basi caruleo-albis. 



