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5. OXYA FASCIATA. 



Focm. Viridis, subpilosa, sat gracilis, fere cylindrica ; caput el prothorax 

 rufo varia, dense punctata ,- caput breve, faslif/io subconico ; prothorax 

 brci'iusculus, non carinalus, marjine antico vix inciao ; prosterni 

 spina crassa, oblusa ; abdomen nigrum, luteo fascialum ; femora 

 postica extus Inteo viltata, intus rufa ; alee anticce abdomine multo 

 bremores ; al(B pustica nigrce. 



Female. Green, thinly |»ilose, rather slender, nearly cylindrical. 

 Head and prothorax partly red, thickly and minutely panctured. Head 

 short; tip of the vertex somewhat conical; front with tour distinct keels; 

 inner keels slightly approaching each other in front of the antennae, 

 parallel from thence towards the border of the Iront, which they do not 

 reach; outer keels divergin'_' towards the face. Eyes brown, elliptical, 

 oblique, rather proujinunt, with several luteous spots. Prothorax rather 

 short, not keeled; transverse imprcj-sed lines very distinct; fme border 

 slightly rounded, hardly notched in the middle; hind border much 

 nuinded. Prosiernal spine thick, moderately long, obtuse at the tip. 

 Abdomen black, with irregular luteous bands. Hind femora much shorter 

 than the abdomen, bright red on the inner side, bordered with luteous on 

 the outer side ; hind tibiae a little shorter than the hind femora, their spines 

 black towards the tips. Wings much shorter than the abdomen. Hind 

 wings black. Length of the body 19 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 21 lines. 



a, Madagascar. From Madame Ida Pfeififer's collection. 

 South Asia. 



(i. OxYA FORCIFKUA. 



Acridium (Oxyii) fnrcifer, Serv. Hist. Ortli. (>77— Gryllus Banian ? Fabr. 

 Ent. Sijsi. Suppl. 194. 



Bombay. 



a, b. S. Hindosian. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 

 C-. Ainoy, China. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



7. OxYA CON'COLOR. 



Mas. Testaceu, sat gracilis (mas) ant sat robusla [\\£m.),fere cylindrica ; 

 caput longiusculum, J'astiyio irausverso urcuato ; antennce nigrce, 

 lonyie, teslacen fascia Ice ; prothorax subtililer punctatus, vix carinatus, 

 tnargine postico subproducto vix angulato ; prosterni spina gracilis, 

 acuta ; tibice posticce basi apiceque nigra notatw; alee anlicte albida, 

 testaceo pallida venoscc, abdomine longiores. 



Male and female. Testaceous, shining, rather slender in the male, 

 rather slout in the female, nearly cylindiical. Head smooth, rather long; 

 tip ol the vertex transverse, arched, divided horn the hind part by a curved 

 furrow; IVout with (our weil-delined keels; inner keels slightly diverging 

 towards the face; outer keels more diverging. Eyes livid, elliptical, 

 slightly convex and oblique. Antennie black, lung, slender, testaceous 



