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on each side; front rounded, not keeled, very iliinly punctured, widenin<r 

 towards ihe face. Eyes elonfjate-oval. AnleniuE piceous, tawny towards 

 the base. Prolhorax finely scabrous, with a lawny blackish-bordered stripe, 

 and with the usual four transverse impressed lines ; disk flat, with three 

 very slight keels; fore border, sides and hind border slightly rounded. 

 Prosternal spine oblique, slightly curved, rather slender, not extending to 

 the njesosternum. Hind femora longer than ihe abdomen, a little longer 

 than the hind libiaB. Hind tibiae pale yellow ; spines slender, with black 

 tips. Fore wings pale cinereous, shorter than the body, with many spots, 

 which are formed by black veins ; veins elsewhere pale. Hind wings pel- 

 lucid; veins black, pale towards the base. Length of the body 26 lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 40 lines. 



a. E. Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 



5. Heteiiacris adjuncta. 



Foem. Fulva ; caput et prolhorax vitlis duabus viridibus nigricanle 

 marginatis ; vertex antice prominuius, vix carinatus ; anlennee 

 pallide lulece ; prolhorax subtricarinatus ; proslerni spina crassa, 

 subarcuala, rnesoslernum fere allingens ; tibice poslicce glauco-virides, 

 spinis atbis apice nigris ; alee anlicce virides, abdomini af/uilonga, 

 gultis plurimis fuscis nigra venosis ; alee anticce diaphana, pallida 

 venoscB. 

 Female. Tawny. Head and prolhorax with two green blackish-bor- 

 dered stripes. Head thinly punctured ; fore part of the vertex prominent, 

 and with a very slight keel ; front hardly keeled. Eyes piceous, elliptical. 

 Antennce pale luteous. Prothorax scabrous, with three very slight keels and 

 with the usual four transverse impressed lines ; fore border rounded ; sides 

 slightly undulating ; hind border nearly straight. Prosternal spine thick, 

 oblique, slightly curved, extending nearly to the mesoslernum. Hind 

 femora longer than the abdomen and than the hind tibiae ; the latter 

 glaucous-green, their spines white with black tips. Fore wings green, as 

 long as the abdomen, with many brown black-veined dots ; veins elsewhere 

 pale. Hind wings pellucid ; veins more or less pale. Length of the body 

 25 — 27 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 28 — 32 lines. 

 a, h. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Var. ? Mas. Testacea, gracilis ; caput et prathorax ferrugineo late uni- 

 vittata, piceo late bivittala ; fusligitim longi-conicum ; prolhorax 

 sublricarinatits ; proslerni spina pallide testacea, crassa, obliqua, 

 mesoslernum allingens ; femora poslica extus nigra vittata, inlus 

 nigra triplagiata ; tibia; poslica; rufce ; alee anticce cinerea, corpori 

 aquilonga, villa poslica testacea. 



Male. Testaceous, slender. Head and prothorax with two broad 

 piceous stripes, and with a broad ferruginous stripe which is attenuated in 

 the fore part of the former. Head smooth ; tip of the vertex flat, elongate- 

 conical ; front thinly puctured ; keels strongly marked ; inner keels parallel ; 

 outer keels slightly diverging towards the face. Eyes nearly elliptical. 

 Prothorax with three slight keels, and with well-defined transverse im- 

 pressed lines; fore border straight; sides slightly rounded; hind border 



