618 CATALOGUE OF 



Country unknown. 



A. Hind wings uncoloiired. 



a. Prolhorax with distinct markings. 



* Spines of the hind tibiae white. - - - interrupta. 

 ** Spines of the liind tibiaj yellow. ... approximans. 



b. Prothorax with no distinct markings. 



* Body slender. __-.-. tenella. 

 ** Body stout. ----- spissa. 



B. Hind wings yellow. - - . . . amcenula. 



C. Hind wings red. - - - - _ pulchella. 



CVRTACANTHACRIS SPISSA. 



Mas. Ferruginea, rohusla, sublus livida ; prothorax subcarinatus, sub' 

 tiliter scaber ; prosterni spina crassa, valde obtusa, mesosternum non 

 allingens ; pedes fulvi, femoribus posticis ferruginea bifasciatis ; alee 

 antica: corpore vix breviores ; alee posticce cinerem. 



Male. Ferruginous, stout, livid beneath. Head smooth ; tip of the 

 vertex flat, hexagonal ; front punctured, with four well-defined keels; inner 

 keels hardly diverging; outer keels slightly diverging towards the face. 

 Eyes piceous, elongate-elliptical. Prothorax finely scabrous, with a slight 

 dorsal keel which is not rounded and is hardly interrupted by the transverse 

 impressed lines; fore border hardly rounded; sides slightly rounded ; hind 

 border more rounded. Prosiernal spine thick, broad, very obtuse, not 

 extending lo the mesosternum. Legs lawny. Hind femora a little longer 

 than the abdomen, ferruginous beneath and with two broad irregular ferru- 

 ginous bands; hind libice with a luteous band near the base, rather shorter 

 than the hind tibicP, their spines with black tips. Fore wings nearly as long 

 as the body. Hind wings cinereous, diaphanous; veins black, pale green 

 towards the base and along the interior border. Length of the body 

 18 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 36 lines. 



CVRTACANTHACRIS TENELLA. 



F(sm. Pallide fulva, gracilis, subtus pallida tesf.acea ; caput et prothorax 

 ferrugineo univiltala ; vertex ferntgineo strigutus ; prothorax sub- 

 carinatus, subtilissime scaber, antice ferrugineo substrigatus ; pro- 

 sterni spina robusta, obliqua, subarcuata, mesosternum attingens ; 

 femora postica vitta serrata maculague apicali interioribus nigris ; 

 al(B antic<B cinerem, striga discoidali antemedia liturisque plurimis 

 parvis fuscis. 



Female. Pale tawny, slender, pale testaceous beneath. Head and 

 prothorax with a ferruginous stripe which does not extend beyond the 

 iourth transverse line of the prothorax. Head smooth ; vertex with some 

 ferruginous streaks, narrow between the eyes, its tip hexagonal; front 

 punctured, with four well-defined keels which diverge slijjhtly towards the 

 face. Eyes elongate-elliptical, with several piceous stripes. Prothorax 

 very finely scabrous, with a slight keel which is not rounded, and is hardly 



