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quadrate brown spots proceeding- from the base; most of the transverse 

 sectors in the exterior part clouded with brown. Length of the body 16 

 lines; expansion of the fore wings 32 lines. 



a. China. Presented by J. Brenchley, Esq. 



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Cyrtacanthackis basalis. 

 a, b. Australia. 

 c. ? 



Two specimens are transferred from C. plagiata to this species. 



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Cyrtacanthacris exacta. 



Var. ? Mas. Fulva ; prothorax linea, plagis duabus posterioribus mar- 

 gineque postico nigris ; femora poslica lineola exteriore nigricante, 

 vitta interiore nigra informi interrupla ; tibice poslicce rufescentes ; 

 alee anticce cinercce, slriga costali basali flavescenle, maculis guttisque 

 plurimis nigris. 



Var.? Male. Tawny, slender. Head smooth; tip of the vertex 

 depressed, hexagonal ; front slightly oblique, with four well-defined slightly 

 diverging keels. Eyes piceous, elongate-elliptical. Prothorax scabrous, 

 with a very slight keel, and with four transverse impressed lines, widening 

 above between the fourth impressed line and the hind border; a black line 

 along the keel from the fore border to the fourth impressed line; a black 

 posterior patch on each side ; hind border bordered with black, and much 

 rounded. Prosternal spine testaceous, lanceolate, rather slender, extending 

 to the mesosternum. Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, with 

 a slight blackish line along the outer side, and with a black irregular and 

 interrupted stripe on the inner side; hind tibiae reddish, a little shorter 

 than the hind femora, their spines with black tips. Wings cinereous, 

 extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore wiugs with a yellowish costal 

 streak extending from the base, and with many black spots of various size 

 and shape in the disk ; these spots are largest towards the base. Length of 

 the body 16 lines; expansion of the fore wings 36 lines. 



a. Vavou. Presented by J. Brenchley, Esq. 



Fcem. ? Caput et prothorax nigro late bivitlala, capitis vittis cinereo 

 oblique slrigatis, protkoracis vitlis excavatis ; femora poslica nigri- 

 cante biviltata ; tibue poslica pa Hide fulva ; alee anticce maculis 

 nonnullis cinereis nigro marginatis. 



Female? Head and prothorax with two broad black stripes, each of 

 which in the head contains two oblique cinereous streaks, and is excavated 

 in the prothorax. Hind femora with a blackish stripe on each side ; hind 

 tibia? pale tawny, their spines whitish, with black tips. Spots on the fore 

 wings more regular than those of the male; several of them with cinereous 

 disks. Length of the body 17 lines; expansion of the fore wings 38 lines. 



6. Tougatala. Presented by J. Brenchley, Esq. 



