580 CATALOGUE OK 



Male. Tawny, stout. Head smooth; fore part .of tlie vertex hexa- 

 gonal ; front with four strongly marked keels, the inner pair parallel, the 

 outer diverging slightly towards the face. Eyes elongate-elliptical. 

 Antennae piceous, tawny at the base. Prothorax scabrous, with a well- 

 defined dorsal keel which is notched by the transverse impressed lines; 

 fore border rounded; sides sligbily rounded; hind border elongated, 

 slightly angular. Prosternal spine straight, long, stout. Hind femora 

 shorter than the abdomen, longer than the hind tibiae ; spines of the latter 

 long, with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, as long as the body, with 

 numerous minute indistinct speckles which are formed liy brownish veins ; 

 veins elsewhere pale testaceous. Hind wings cinereous, wiih an olilique 

 very broad blackish band which is mottled with cinereous and towards the 

 costa is limited by a longitudinal row of blackish dots; veins black. 

 Length of the body 30 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 66 lines. 



Nearly allied to A. moestum. 



a. Cape. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



South Asia. 



33. ACRIDIUM SUCCINCTUM. 



Gryllus (I.ocusla) succinctus, Linn. Sysl.Nat. ii. 699-^Gryllus succinctus, 

 Fnbr. Enl. Srjst. ii. 46 — Acridium succinclum, Burm. Handb. Enl. 

 ii. 631 — coangustatum, Blanch. MSS. Lucas, Maill. hie Reunion, 

 0;7/i. 24,pl. 21,f. 3. 



a, b. North Hindostan. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



c. North Bengal. From Lieut. Campbell's collection. 



d, e. China. 

 /• ? 



34. Acridium flavescens. 



Gryllus flavescens, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 52 — Gryllus (Locusta) crucifer, 

 Sloll, Saut. el Grill, pi. 14 b. f. 51 — Acridium semifasciatum, Serv. 

 Hist. Orth. 654 — Acridium flavescens, Burm. Ilandb. Ent. ii. 631. 



a. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 



b. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



35. Acridium extensum. 

 cxtensum, Walk. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3rd Ser. iv. 222. 

 rt. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



36. Acridium deponens. 

 deponens, Walk. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3rd Ser. vi. 222. 

 a, b. Ceylon, Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



