740 CATALOGUE OF 



S. Asia. 



72. CEdipoda saiurata. 



Mas. Fusca, sttbtus fttlva ,• caput lineoUs duabus angulosis nigris-y 

 fastigio hexagnnali, carinis quatuor fronlalibus bene delermitiatis ; 

 prolhorax iiiberculalns, carina bene delerminata, margine postico 

 rottindatn ; abdomen vitta interrupla nigra fulvo maculata ; femora 

 poslica fascia sitbapicali strigaque subtus nigris ; tibia poslicm ci/anea, 

 basi nigtce alb'dn miifaaciatcB; tarsi poslici albidi ; alee anlicce 

 nigricantes, plagis duabus punctisque plnrimis exlerioribus cinereis ; 

 alee posticce obscure ciiiereee, nigricante marginatce, basi rosece. 



Acridiuni cincliferaur, Walk. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3rd Ser. iv. 223. 



Male and female. Brown, tawny beneath. Head with two black 

 zigzag; lines, which converge from the hind border to the middle of the 

 vertex; tip of tl)e vertex broad, hexagonal ; front slightly rugulose, with 

 four strongly-marked keels which diverge towards the face. Eyes elliptical. 

 Prothorax tuberculate, with a well-defined keel and with the usual trans- 

 verse furrows; hind border rounded. Abdomen tawny, with an interrupted 

 black stripe which contains two rows of tawny spots. Hind femora as long 

 as the abdomen in the female, with an irregular black band near the tip 

 and with a short broad black stripe beneath. Hind tibiae blue, much 

 shorter than the hind femora, black and with a whitish band near the base, 

 their spines with black tips. Hind tarsi whitish. Fore wings blackish, 

 with two cinereous patches and with many exterior cinereous points ; veins 

 in the patches testaceous. Hind wings dark cinereous, black-veined, 

 diffusedly blackish bordered, slightly rosy and with bright rose-coloured 

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

 10 — 12 lines; expansion of the fore wings 24 — 26 lines. 



a — d. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templelon. 



e. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Weuham's collection. 



73. CEdipoda venusta. 



Mas. Fulva, subtus flava ; caput et prothorax fuscescente biplagiata ; 

 caput lineolis duabus pallide Jlavis, verlice tuberculata, fronte sub- 

 rugutosa subquadricarinala ; anlennce apices versus nigricantes ; pro- 

 thorax subtuberculatus, carina bene delerminata, margine postico 

 elongalo rotundato ; abdomen flavum, vitta nigra flavo guttata ; 

 femora postica nigra bifasciata ; tilme posticce ct/anea, basi alba; 

 tarsi posiici albidi ; ala antic(h subdiaphana, basi fulvce, plaga 

 costali gutlisque nonnullis e venis pallide testaceis, venis exlerioribus 

 marginalibus fusco nebulosis ; alee posticce diaphana:, basi fiarce, vitta 

 lata abbreviata nigricante. 



Male. Tawny, yellow beneath. Head and prothorax with a brownish 

 patch on each side. Elead on each side with two pale yellow lines which 

 diverge from the hind border of the eye to the hind border; vertex with 

 two lines which are each composed of four tubercles and converge in front; 

 tip of the vertex broad, hexagonal ; front slightly rugulose, with four 

 slight diverging keels. Eyes elliptical. Antennae blackish towards the 



