574 CATALOGUE OF 



47, CVKTACANTHACRIS PULCHELLA. 



Mas. Testacca ; vertex anlice planus, suhhexaijonnlu ; proihorax nigra 

 late hivillatus, margine poslico exlenso rolundalo ; proslerni spina 

 crassa, subarcuala, inesoslernum fere atlingens ; femora poslica nigra 

 bimavulala ; genua poslica uiba nolaia ; alee antica patlide cinerece, 

 maculis puncliique plurimis fuscescenlibus ; alee posticce spatio 

 biisali ochraceo, 



Male. Testaceous. Heail smooth ; fme part of the vertex flat, sub- 

 liexauoiuil ; front punclureil, with four slight keels; the inner keels 

 p.nallt'l, wide apart ; the outer keels slightly diverging towards the face. 

 Eyis elliptical. Prothorax very uiiuutely scabrous, widening towards the 

 hind border; the ui-ual four transverse impressed lines and a very slight 

 dorsal keel; a broad black stripe ou each side; fore border and sides 

 slightly rounded ; hind border elongated, much rounded. Prosternal spine 

 thick, ol.'iique, slightly curved, extending nearly to tlie mesosternum. 

 tiind femor.i as long as the ahdomen, longer than the hind libicP, with two 

 large black spots ; sockets of the hind tihiip partly black, the lamina on the 

 ouier side while; s|)iues of the hind tihite with black lijis. Fore wings pale 

 cineieous, a little siioiter than the body; many brownish antemedial spots 

 and points; many of the poslmedial transverse sectors clouded with brown. 

 Hind wings pellucid, with an orange tinge towards the base; veins orange ; 

 tiausverse postinedial sectors black. Length of the body 18 lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 36 lines. 



(/. Hindostan.'' From .\] r. Foxcroft's collection. 



48. Cyrtacanthacris.'' rufitibia. 

 Acrydium rufitibia, IValk. Ann. Nat. Hisl. Zrd Ser. iv. 223. 

 a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templelon. 



The three following species appear to be on the limits which separate 

 Ci/rl(icanlltacrii from Acridium, and have also some aflinily to 

 Caloplenus. 



49. Cyutacantuacris xotata. 



FoeiD. Paliide Jiava ; caput et prothorax fusco late univitlata ; vertex 

 antice plunu.i, subrotinidatns ; anlenncB picea, basi fulvcc ; prothorax 

 subtricarinutus ; prosterni spina crassa, latissima, mesosternum non 

 attinfjcns ; femora postica nigra notata et bifasciala ; tibia; postie<e 

 apices versus rufescentes, nigra bifasciatce ; alee antica cinerece, 

 corpore breviores, maculis yuttisque plurimis nigro-venosis ; alie pos- 

 lica diaphamc, nigra venofce. 



Female. Pale yellow. Head and prothorax with a broad browu 

 stripe; sides dingy jellow. Head smooth; fore part of the vertex flai, 

 nearly round ; front with four indistinct keels. Eyes tawny, elliptical, with 

 several frown lines and at the upper end with one transverse brown line. 

 Antenna piceous, tawny at the base. Prothorax minutely punctured, with 



