ACRIDID^. 693 



posticcE lulecB ; ala anticcB cinerea, ahdornine paullo longiores, guttis 

 plurimis e vents nirjro nebulosis ; alee posticic purpureo-rufie, apud 

 costam nigricantes. 



Female. Fenugiuous, stout. Head short, smooth, a spot on the hind 

 part of the vertex, sides and front wliitish ; tip of the vertex depressed, 

 elongate and truncate-conical; front erect, thinly punctured; keels slight, 

 slightly diverging ; inner keels not extending to the fore border. Eyes 

 piceous, subelliptical, much rounded on the hind side. Prothorax slightly 

 tuberculate, with some whitish marks on each side; disk nearly flat, with 

 three slight keels; transverse impressed lines distinct ; fore border almost 

 straight ; sides slightly rounded ; hind border much rounded. Prosternal 

 spine pale testaceous, short, transverse, rounded, its breadth about twice 

 its thickness. Four anterior legs whitish, with blackish marks. Hind 

 femora very broad, a little shorter than tbe abdomen, whitish and with 

 blackish marks on the outer side, black and with a bright luteous apical 

 band on the inner side ; hind tibiae bright luteous, shorter than the hind 

 femora, their spines with black tips; hind tarsi luteous. Fore wings 

 cinereous, a little longer than the abdomen, with numerous dots formed 

 by black-clouded veins; veins elsewhere tawny. Hind wings deep 

 purplish red, blackish and with black veins along the cosla. Length of the 

 body 16 lines; expansion of the fore wings 27 lines. 



a. Zoolu. Presented by G. F. Angas, Esq. 



35. CaLOI'TENUS HiEMATOPUS. 



Gryllus (Loensta) hsmatopus, Linn. Mus. Ludov. 143; Syst. Nat. ii. 700 

 — Gryllus hfematopus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 52 — Acridium rubripes, 

 Deg. Ins. iii. 490, pi. 40, f. 10 — Acrydium tuberculatum. Pal. Beauv. 

 Ins. — Acridium ha?matopum, 0/iv. Enc. Meth. y\.2\.9 — Calliptamus 

 hffimatopus, Serv. Hist. Orth. 688. Caloptenus htematopus, Burm. 

 Handb. Ent. ii. 639. 



a. Cape. From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



b. Cape. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



c. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



d. South Africa. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 



e. Cape. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 

 /. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



36. Caloptenus saphiripes. 

 Calliptamus saphiripes, Serv. Hist. Orth. 690, pi. 14, f. 13. 

 Cape. 



37. Caloptenus melanopus. 

 melauopus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 640. 



Cape. 



38. Caloptenus pulchripes. 

 pulchripes, Schaximy Monats. Berl. Acad. 1853, 779. 

 Mozambique. 



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