ACRIDID.E 



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on the hind side. Antennae piceous towards the tips. Prothorax very 

 finely scabrous, widenin? hindward ; disk nearly flat, with a very slight 

 middle keel, and with hardly distinguishable lateral keels ; a longitudinal 

 hlack streak on each side, and some blackish dots along the fore border and 

 along the hind border; transverse impressed lines slight; fore border 

 straight; sides slightly rounded; hind border slightly elongated, much 

 rounded. Prosternal spine long, conical, slightly broader than thick. 

 Abdomen with a broad black stripe on each side. Hind femora longer 

 than the abdomen ; hind tibis pale greenish yellow, rather shorter than the 

 hind femora, their spines with black tips. Wings rudimentary. Length 

 of the body 7^ lines. 



The fore wings of the specimen described are a little more than half 

 the length of the abdomen ; they have no markings. 



Var. |8. — Male. Ferruginous, tawny beneath. Head and prothorax 

 with two less determinate stripes. Hind femora wiih some black marks on 

 the outer side; hind tibioe te^staceous. Fore wings with several black 

 dots. 



a, b. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



Country unknown. 



A. Prosternal spine not transverse. 



a. Prosternal spine rather long. . . _ - clarus. 



b. Prosternal spine short. ----- obliterans. 



B. Prosternal spine transverse. 



a. Prothorax much widened hindward. - - inscitus. 



b. Prothorax slightly widened hindward. 



* Lateral keels of the prothorax indistinct. - - basifer. 



** Lateral keels of the prothorax well defined. - - reductus. 



70. Caloptenus clarus. 



Mas. Fulvus, robustus, subtus testaceus ; caput albidum, fuscescente 

 bislrigatum ; antennm lulew ; prothorax scaher, disco subpUino tri- 

 carinato, plagis quatunr albidis qualuorqne ferrugineis ; prosterni 

 spina crassa, longiusculu ; pedes testncei , femoribus posticis latissimis 

 extu.i biseriatim nigra punctatis, tibiis posticis luteis ; ala anlicce 

 diaphanm, fasciis plurimis antemediis ynaculisque postmediis cinereis 

 nigro venosis. 

 Male. Tawny, stout, testaceous beneath. Head smooth, whitish, 

 very convex above ; vertex with Isvo brownish oblique streaks ; tip de- 

 pressed, elliptical ; front thinly punctured, with four slight keels which 

 diverge towards the face. Eyes fcrriigincns, subeliiptical, much rounded 

 on the hind side. Antennae liiteous, slender. Prothorax scabrous ; disk 

 nearly flat, with three distinct keels ; two whitish patches and two ferru- 

 ginous patches on each side; fore border nearly straight ; sides rounded ; 

 hind border much rounded. Piosleinal spine thick, rather long, rounded 

 at the lip. Legs testaceous ; hind femora very broad, as long as the 

 abdomen, with two rows of bl;ick points on the outer side, the upper edge 



