G7G CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 32. LEPTACRIS. 



Fcem. Corpore graciHitnum, fere cyliudiicum. Caput productum ; 

 fastigium carinatum, loiigi-conicum ; froiis scabra, valde relracta, quadri- 

 cai'inata. Oculi obliqui, non proininuli. AnteiinaB graciles, capiti et pro- 

 tboiaci JEqiiilongae. Prothorax scaber, liuearis, vix caiinatus. Prosterni 

 spina sat gracilis, subcompressa, obtusa. Abdomen longissimuin, sub- 

 corn pressum, proiboraee quadruple longius. Oviductus longus, lanceo- 

 latus. Pedes graciles; tibiffi posticffi sj)inis brevissiinis. Alae anticae 

 angustae, abdomine vix breviores. 



Female. Body very slender, nearly cylindrical. Head long; vertex 

 nearly smooth ; its tip depressed, keeled, elongate-conical; front scabrous, 

 much retracted, with four keels which diverge much towards the face, the 

 inner keels more distinctly marked than the outer pair. Eyes oval, oblique, 

 not prominent. Antenuce slender, as long as the head and the prothorax 

 together. Prothorax scabrous, linear; keel very slight; transverse 

 impressed lines slight ; fore border very slightly rounded ; sides straight; 

 hind border much rounded. Prosternal spine rather slender, slightly 

 compressed, obtuse at the tip. Abdomen very long, slightly compressed, 

 full four times the length of the prothorax. Oviduct long, lanceolate. 

 Legs slender; hind femora more than half the length of the abdomen; 

 hind tibiae much shorter than the hind femora, their spines very short. 

 Fore wings narrow, nearly as long as the abdomen. 



1. Leptacris filiformis. 



Foem. Pallide teslacea ; caput et prothorax albo bivitlala; alee anlicce 

 vilrea, basi pallide testacece. 



Female. Pale testaceous. Head and thorax with a white stripe on 

 each side. Eyes tawny, with brown longitudinal lines. Fore wings 

 pellucid except towards the base; veins pale testaceous. Hind wings 

 pellucid ; veins black, pale testaceous along the costa and at the base 

 and along the interior border. Length of the body 29 lines; expansion 

 of the fore wings 39 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



Genus 33. CALOPTENUS. 



Gryllus, Linn., SloU, Fabr., Scopoli, Charp., Ramb. — Acridium, Oliv., 

 Latr., Deg., Costa, BridlL — Calliptamus, Serv. Fisch. de W. — 

 Calopteuus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. Fisch. Orth. Eur. 375. 



Europe. 



1. Caloptenus Italicus. 



, Roes, Ins. Loc. ii. pi. 21, f. 6. Schcef. Icon. Ins. Rat. i. pi. 27— 



Gryllus (Locusta) Italicus, linn. Sijst. Nat. i. 2, 701. Sloll, Saut. et 

 Grill, pi. 12 b., f. 43. Scop. Faun. Cam. 110. Charp. Hor. Ent. 

 135 — Gryllus Italicus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 57. Germ. Iter. Dalm. 



