ACRID1D.E. ' 671 



flava; alee poslic(e diaphante, apice ohscuriores. Var. /S. — Capitis 

 vilUe exteriores dilatalm ; abdomen rufum^basi nigrum. Var. y. — 

 Al(E anticee cinerece, nigricante cunspersce. 



Male. Black, slender, shininj?, nearly cylindrical. Head and pro- 

 thorax punctured, with four parallel yellow stripes, of which the outer pair 

 extend along the fore side of the eyes. Tip of the vertex flat, conical ; 

 front and face testaceous; keels slightly marked, diverging towards the 

 face. Eyes piceous, elongate-oval. Antennae hlack, slender, testaceous 

 towards the hase. Prothorax with the typical structure; fore border, sides 

 and hind border very slightly rounded. Pectus reddish cinereous. Pro- 

 sternal spine testaceous, transverse, very broad, furrowed in the middle. 

 Abdomen and legs testaceous. Middle femora striped with black ; hind 

 femora longer than the abdomen, with black tips, and on each side with a 

 black stripe which ends in a black band; hind tibine bright red, a little 

 shorter than the hind femora, black and with a white band towards the 

 base, their spines with black tips; hind tarsi red. Fore wings blackish, 

 much shorter than the body, with a slender yellow stripe near the hind 

 border. Hind wings pellucid-cinereous, darker at the tips; veins black, 

 paler at the base and along the interior border. Var. (i. — Outer stripes 

 much dilated on the head. Abdomen red, black towards the base. 

 Var. y. — Fore wings cinereous, with many blackish speckles. Length of 

 the body 14 lines; expansion of the fore wings 22 lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b. Australia. From Mr. Stutchbury's collection. 



c. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



d. Australia. 



.36. Heteracris conglobata. 



Mas. Nigricans, sat gracilis, sublus lestacea ; caput el prolhora.v fiavo 

 bivitlata ; fastigiiim conicum ; frons lestacea; prothorax brevius- 

 culus, vix carinalus, postice sublalescens ; prosterni spina cra<!sa, 

 transversa, brevissima; abdominis dorsum rufesccns, villa maculari 

 nigra; pedes rufescenles, femoribus posiicis nigro bi/asciatis; alee 

 anlicee obscure cinerea, corpore breviores, villa poslica Jiava. 



Male. Blackish, rather slender, testaceous beneath. Head and pro- 

 thorax with two yellow stripes, which are united on the vertex; tip of the 

 vertex conical and slightly depressed; front testaceous, thinly punctured; 

 keels well defined, diverging towards the face. Eyes livid, short-elliptical. 

 Prothorax rather short, sli^jhlly widening hiudward : keel extremely slight; 

 transverse impressed lines distinct; fore border slightly curved ; sides and 

 hind border more rounded. Prosternal spine transverse, thick, very short. 

 Abdomen above reddish and with a row of black spots. Legs reddish; 

 hind femora rather longer than the abdomen, with two angular black bands 

 above and with black tips; hind tibiae somewhat shorter than the hind 

 femora, their spines with black lips. Fore wings dark cinereous, rather 

 shorter than the body, with a slender yellow stripe near the interior border ; 

 veins black. Hind wings diaphanous, slightly cinereous; veins black, 

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

 I0| lines; expansion of the fore wings 21 lines. 

 a. Australia. Presented by the ILislar Hospital. 



