rt42 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Apai-acris varicornis. 

 Mils. Fulva ; anteniue nigra, basi fulva, apice albida ; femora postica 

 supra nigra bijasciata ; alec unlicce cinere<e. 



Male. Tawny. Eyes lurid. Antennae black, tawny towards the 

 base, whitish at the tips. Hind femora with two irregular black bands 

 al)()ve. Wings cinereous. Fore wings with tawny veins. Hind wings 

 with black veins. Length of the body 8 lines; expansion of ihe fore wings 

 IS lines. 

 a. N. Hindostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



Genus 15. ABRACRIS. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Caput breviuscuUim ; fastigiura planum, 

 rhomboideum ; IVons subrelracta. Oculi prominuli, valde approximati. 

 Antennte filiformes, graciles, oapite et prolhorace ad iintim multo longiores. 

 Piolliorax subcarinatus, subtiliter scaber, postice sublalescens; discus fere 

 planus. Prosterni spina gracilis, obliqua, acuta. Femora postica latius- 

 cula, abdomine pauilo longiora. Ahe antica; corpori aequilongae. 



Male. Body rather slender. Head smooth, rather short; tips of the 

 vertex flat, quadrilateral, broadest in front; front slightly retracted; keels 

 distinct; inner keels nearly parallel; outer keels diverging towards the 

 face. Eyes elliptical, prominent, nearly contiguous on the vertex. AntennEB 

 filiform, slender, much longer than the bead and the protborax together. 

 Prothurax finely scabrous, slightly widening hindward; disk nearly flat, 

 with a very slight keel and with slight transverse impressed lines; fore 

 border and sides slightly rounded ; hind border much rounded. Prosteriial 

 spine slender, oblique, acute. Hind femora rather broad, a little longer 

 than the abdomen ; hind tibiae much shorter than the hind femora. Fore 

 wings as long as the body. 



This genus has some affinity to Heteracris and to Caloptenus. 



1. Abracris dilecta. 



Mas. Lutescens ; anlennce fulvce ; prolhorax ferrugineo trivittatus ; 

 femora poslico nigra bifasciata ; tibia postica glaucce, basi albida ; 

 ala antiva cincrea; ala pastica ve7iis basi glaucis. 



Male, Dull luteous. Eyes ferruginous. Antenna tawny. Pro- 

 lhorax with three irregular ferruginous stripes. Hind femora with two 

 irregular black bands above; hind tibiae glaucous-green, whitish towards 

 tlie base ; spines whitish, their tips black. Fore wings cinereous; veins 

 tawny; cosla slightly rounded near the base. Hind wings pellucid; veins 

 black, glaucous-green towards the base and along the interior border. 

 Lcnulh of the body 8 lines; expansion of the fore wings 18 lines. 

 a. Sanlarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 16. EUPROPACRIS. 



Mas. Corpus sal gracile. Caput subascendens; fastigiura sub- 

 excavatum, subhexagonale. Oculi subprominuli. Antennae capite el 



