ACRIDIDi:. 741 



lips. Prolhoiax slightly tuberculate, with a well-defined keel and with the 

 usual Iransveise furrows; hind border elongated, rounded. Abdomen 

 yellow, with a black dorsal stripe which does not extend to the tip and 

 includes two rows of yellow dots. Hind femora as long as the abdomen, 

 with two black bands which are most conspicuous on the inner side. Hind 

 tibiiB blue, much shorter than the hind femora, white towards the base, 

 where there is a black mark on the inner side, their spines with black tips. 

 Hind tarsi whitish, blue above towards the base. Fore wings nearly 

 pellucid, tawny towards the base, with a costal patch and with some dots 

 which are formed by pale testaceous veins ; exterior part with brovvn-cloiided 

 veins along the cosla and along the hind border; costa rounded near the 

 base. Hind wings pellucid, black-veined, bright yellow and with yellow 

 veins towards the base, this hue, except towards the costa, broadly and 

 diffusedly bordered with blackish. Length of the body 12 lines ; expansion 

 of the fore wings 26 lines. 



Tt may be a variety of CE. saturata ; the hind border of the prolhorax 

 is more elongated and less rounded. 

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



74. CEdipoda crassa. 

 Fuscescens, crassa, sublus albido-teslacea ; caput magnum, poslice albido- 

 feslaceum, antice scabrum, carinis frontalibus qualuor determinalis ; 

 antenna; paliide testacem ; prothorax fidvus, scaber, carina bene 

 determinata, plagis quatuor lateralibus nigris, margine pnsticu elongato 

 rotundato ; femora poslica latissima, intus nigra pallida bifascinta ; 

 tibicE posticcB paliide lutece ; alee anlicce cinerea, basi fulvcB, guttis 

 plurimis e venis fusco nebulosis ; alee posticce diaphanee, basi roseee, 

 Var. (3. Mas. — Vertex nigra biviltatus ; prothorax nigra notatus ; 

 alee anticts cinerew, plagis nonnullis gittlis punctisque plurimis fuscis, 

 guttis exterioribus e venis fusco nebulosis ; alei posticee fusca sub- 

 fasciatcE. 

 Brownish, very stout, whitish testaceous beneath. Head large; hind 

 part whitish testaceous; fore part slightly scabrous; vertex convex; tip 

 scabrous ; front with four distinct keels, which diverge towards the face. 

 Eyes elliptical, not prominent. Antennae pale testaceous, slender. Pro- 

 thorax tawny, finely scabrous, with a strongly-marked continuous keel, and 

 with two large black patches on each side and with the usual transverse 

 furrows ; hind border rounded, somewhat elongated. Abdomen pale testa- 

 ceous. Hind femora broad ; inner side black, with the exception of two 

 pale bands beyond the middle. Hind tibiae pale luteous, much shorter 

 than the hind femora, their spines with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, 

 tawny towards the base, with many dots which are formed by brown-clouded 

 veins. Hind wings pellucid, black-veined, diffusedly rosy, and with rosy 

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

 18? lines; expansion of the fore wings 35 lines. 



This species difi'ers somewhat from the typical form of the genus. 

 The abdomen of the specimen described is mutilated. 



a. N. Bengal. From Lieut. Campbell's collection. 



