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yellow spots ; fore border and sides slightly rounded; bind border nearly 

 straight. Prosternal spine stout, straight, oblique, not extending to the fore 

 border of the mesosternuni. Hind femora longer iban the abdomen, as long 

 as the hind tibiae, with a black streak on each side. Hind tibiae sea-green ; 

 spines while, wilh black tips. Fore wings pale cinereous, with two yellow 

 streaks proceeding from the base, and wilh many brown black-veined dots. 

 Hind wings pellucid; veins very pale green, a few of them blackish. 

 Length of the body 18 lines; expansion of the fore wings 40 lines. 



a. N. Hindoslan. From Capt. Boyes' collection. 



19. Heteeacris Runis. 



Mas. Testacea, gracilis; caput vitta olivacea lanceolala nigricanle 

 marginata, laleribus cinereis nigricanle unislrigatis, fastigio conico ; 

 jirolhorax sub tricar inatus, sulliiiter scaber, viltis duabus lateralibus 

 leslaceo unislrigatis viltaque media talis nigricantibus ; prostrrni 

 spina longa, crassa, snbobliqua, nnn altenuata ; femora postica exlus 

 nigra villala ; tibice poslic(E supra virides, leslaceo bifascialce, apice 

 rufescenles, spinis albis apice nigris; alee antica ciiierecp, corpore 

 vix breviores, plagis anteuiediis maculisque postmediis nigricanti- 

 bus. 



Male. Testaceous, slender. Head smooth, with a lanceolate olive- 

 green blackish-bordered stripe which extends to the tip of the front ; sides 

 cinereous, with a blackish oblique streak; tip of the vertex conical, 

 depressed; front thinly punclnred; keels diverging and especially sliglitly 

 marked towards the face. Eyes transverse, ferruginous, striped wilh black, 

 straight on the fore side, rounded on the hind side. Prothorax finely 

 scabrous, widening slightly hindward, wilh three broad blackish stripes, 

 the stripe on each side including in front a testaceous ol)lique streak ; 

 three slight keels ; fore border straight; sides and hind border rounded. 

 Prosternal spine long, thick, slightly oblique, not tapering towards the lip, 

 which is rounded. Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, with a 

 black strii)e on the outer side; hind tibiae a little shorter than the hind 

 femora, green above, reildi>h towards the tips, with two pale testaceous 

 bands uear the base; spines white, with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, 

 nearly as long as the body, wilh several blackish black-veined antemedial 

 patches and poslmedial spots. Hind wings pellucid ; veins black. 

 Lengih of the body 15 lines; expansion of the fore wings 30 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



20. Heteraceis insignis. 



Foem. Cervina ; caput et prothorax Jlavescente bivillala ; prnsterni spina 

 sal gracilis, obliqua, subarcuala, mesosternuni fere attingens ; alee 

 antica cinerea, corpore paullo breviores, maculis plurintis fuscis 

 vigro venosis ; alee poslicce diap/iantc, venis tiigris basi albidis. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Head and prothorax with two yellowish 

 stripes. Head wilh a slight keel, in structure like that of H. ducalis. 

 Proiiiorax with a flat disk, wit!) three slight keels, and with the usual four 

 transverse impressed lines; fore bolder and liind border slightly rounded; 



