ACRIDID/E. 7t)9 



6. Epacromia socia. 

 Gomphocerus (Epacromia) socius, Slal, Eug. Resa, 312. 

 Cape. 



7. Epacromia thoracica. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput et prolhora.v unque ud snicum poalicnm nigricantia, 

 fulvo varia, caput fasligio lato subconico, sulcis laleralibns nullis ; 

 antenmB nigra, basi lestacew, capite et prolhorace ad unum longiores ; 

 prothorax teslaceo late fascialus, margine postico producio angulato ; 

 femora poslica exlus nigra punctata, intus nigra plagiata ; alee anticce 

 plaga basali longa nigricante, gutlis punclisque exlerioribus fuscis ; 

 alcB posticce diaphana, albo venosce, apices versus ex parte nigra 

 venosce, 



Male. Tawny. Head and prothorax from the fore border to the hind 

 transverse furrow blackish, more or less varied with tawny. Tip of the 

 vertex broad, flat, siihconical; no lateral furrows; front very slightly 

 oblique, with four slight diverging keels; inner keels continuous to the tip 

 of the vertex. Antenna? black, filiform, testaceous towards the base, longer 

 than the head and the prothorax together. Prothorax with a distinct 

 middle keel; lateral keels hardly apparent ; a broad testaceous hand ; hind 

 part elongated, angular. Four anterior legs with black bands. Hind 

 femora longer than the abdomen, with some black points on the outer side 

 and wiih some black patches on the inner side. Hind tibije bright red, 

 theirspines with black tips. Wings pellucid. Fore wings with an elongated 

 blackish patch near the base and with many brown dots and points; veins 

 pale testaceous, whitish on the exterior part. Costa very slightly rounded 

 near the base. Hind wings with white veins ; some black veins towards 

 the lips. Length of the body 8 — 9^ lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 20—22 lines, 

 a, h. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



8. Epacromia plena. 



Mas et foem. Fulva nut viridis ; fastigium conicum, sulcis laterulibus 

 triaugularibus ; frons nigricante bistrigala ; vertex nigricante quadri- 

 slrigatus ; prothorax nigricante quadrivittatus, margine postico pro- 

 ducto subangulato, viltis interioribus Jlavo bislrigatis, vitlis exteriori- 

 bus flava unistrigatis ; femora postica fusca qnadriplagiata ; libice 

 posticce rufce, basi albido fasciata ; ahe anlicce pallide cinerea, vitta 

 lalissima abbreviala diaphano biplagiata plagaque subupicali fuscis ; 

 alee posticce diaphance, fasciis duabus inlerruplis fuscis. 



Male and female. Tawny or green, testaceous beneath. Tip of the 

 vertex <lepressed, conical ; lateral furrows triangular, very shallow ; front 

 erect, with four well-defined diverging keels; inner keels connected between 

 the sockets of the antennie ; a broad blackish streak on the exterior side of 

 each outer keel ; two blackish streaks on each side above between the eye 

 and the hind border. Antenna; filiform, as long as the head and the pro- 

 thorax together, brown lor nearly half the length from the tips. Prothorax 



