706 CATALOOTTE OF 



68. Stenobothrus lativittatps. 



Mas. Testaceus ; caput el prolhorax nigricanle hivittata ; prothorax 

 carinis trihus parallelis, margine poslico rolundalo ; abdomen villis 

 duabus basalibus latis nigricantibus ; alcB anliccB fuscce, villa poslica 

 testacea lanceolata ; alee poslica cinerecB, 



Male. Testaceous. Prothorax and hind part of the head with two 

 broad blackish stripes. Tip of the vertex depressed, conical; a lanceolate 

 furrow on each side; front slig^htly oblique, with four slight diverging 

 keels; inner keels connected and forming the usual ridge between the 

 sockets of the antennae. Prothorax with three parallel very slight keels; 

 hind border rounded. Abdomen with a short broad blackish stripe on each 

 side. Fore wings brown, with a testaceous lanceolate stripe along the hind 

 border. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 7 lines ; expansion 

 of the fore wings 13 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by Lord Mountnorris. 



69. Stenobothrus propinqucs. 



Mas. Fulvus ; caput el prolhorax lestaceo anguste vitlata ; caput fastigio 

 laliusculo, sulcis laleralibus vix conspicuis ; antennce fuscce, basi 

 fulv(E ; prolhorax nigricante biviltalus, carinis laleralibus pallide 

 testaceis poslice deflexis, margine poslico subproduclo vix angulato ; 

 alee anticcB fuscescenles ; alcB posticw cinerece, slriga coslali nigri- 

 cante. 



Male, Tawny. Head and prothorax with a narrow testaceous stripe. 

 Tip of the vertex conical, rather broad ; lateral furrows hardly apparent ; 

 front punctured, slightly oblique, with four slight hardly diverging keels. 

 Antennae brown, tawny at the base, longer than the prothorax. Prothorax 

 with three slight keels; lateral keels pale testaceous, divergiug hindward, 

 obliquely intersecting two broad blackish stripes ; hind border slightly 

 elongated, hardly angular. Abdomen testaceous. Fore wings brownish. 

 Hind wings cinereous, with black veins and with a blackish costal streak. 

 Length of the body 8^ lines ; expansion of the fore wings 66 lines. 



a. King George's Sound, Australia. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 



Genus 8. EPACROxMIA. 



Gryllus, Fabr., Charp., Germar, Rossi — Acridium, Latr., Costa — Gompho- 

 cerus, Burm. — CEdipoda, Serv., Fisch.de W. — £pacroinia, Fisch. Orth. 

 Eur. 360. 



Europe. 



1. Epachomia thalassina. 



Gryllus thalassinus, Fabr. Enl. Si/st. ii. 57. Charp. Hor. Enl. 1.38, pi. 2, 

 f. 6; pi. 4, f. 3. Germ. Farm. Ins. Eur. ii. f. 18. Rossi, Faun. Elr. 

 i. 270; ed Illig. 332 — Gomphocerus thalassinus, Burm. Handb. Ent. 

 ii. 647 — ffidipoda thalassina, Serv. Hist. Orth. 740. Fisch. de W. 

 Orth. Ross. 301 — Acridium thalassinum, Oliv. Enc. Melh. vi. 225. 



