ACRIDID^ 707 



61. Caloptenus scaber. 



FcEtn. Ftdvus, robustus, scaber, subtus testaceus; caput et prothorax nigra 

 late biviltala ; caput breve, fasligio fusiformi ; antenna nigricantes ; 

 prothorax subcarinatus, nigricanle bivillalus, margine postico fere 

 recto ; proslerni spina robusta, longiuscula, transversa ; femora 

 postica crassa, longiuscula, abdomini cequilonga, nigro quadri- 

 plagiata ; libiee poslicce testacece. 



Female. Tawny, stout, scabious, lestiiceous beneatli. Head and pro- 

 thorax with a broad black stripe on each side. Hind short; tip of the 

 vertex depressed, fusiform ; front with four well-defined keels, which 

 diverge towards the face. Eyes elliptical. Autenns blackish, slender, 

 tawny towards the base. Prothorax with a very slight keel, and with well- 

 defined transverse impressed lines; two exterior blackish stripes; fore 

 border and sides slightly rounded ; hind border nearly straight. Prosternal 

 spine stout, rather long, much broader than thick. Hind femora thick, as 

 long as the abdomen, with two black patches on each side ; hind tibiae tes- 

 taceous, a little shorter than the hind femora ; spines with black lips. 

 Wings rudimentary. Length of the body 10 lines. 



a. Burdwan. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



62. Caloptenus Nepalensis, 



Foem. Testaceus, robustus ; caput breve, fastigio longi-conico ; prothorax 

 subtricarinatus, subtililer scaber, lituris duabus strigisque duabus latis 

 obliquis exterioribus nigris, margine postico perparum rotundato ; 

 prosterni spina robusta, transversa; abdomen nigro biviltatum ; 

 femora postica crassa. 



Female. Testaceous, stout. Head short, smooth; tip of the vertex 

 depressed, elonoate-conical ; front with four well-defined keels which 

 diverge slightly towards the face. Eyes tawny, elliptical, much rounded on 

 the hind side. Prothorax finely scabrous, with a black mark extending 

 from the first transverse line to the eye, and with a more lateral broad 

 oblique black streak on each side ; disk nearly flat, with three slight keels ; 

 transverse impressed lines distinct; fore border, sides and hind border very 

 slightly rounded. Prosternal spine stout, moderately long, twice as broad 

 as thick. Abdomen with a black stripe on each side. Hind femora thick ; 

 hind tibiae a little shorter than the hind femora, their spines with black tips. 

 Wings rudimentary. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a. Nepaul. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



Australasia. 



63. Calopiends strictus. 



Mas. Testaceus, gracilis ; caput breve, nigro unistrigatum, fastigio 

 hexagonali ; a7itenn<e ferrugincte ; prothorax sublilissime scaber, vix 

 cariiiatus, margine postico vulde rotundato ; prosterni spitia conica, 

 acuta, longiuscula ; femora postica abdomini aquilonga, nigro bifas- 

 ciata, intus rufu ; tibice posticce rufa ; aid antica abdomine paullo 

 brcviorcs. 



