ACRIDID^. 771 



postica extus nigricante unistrigata, inlus nigricanie bifasciaia ; 

 libi'S poslicfC fuscce, alhido bifasciatce ; alee antica cineretE, plagis 

 duabtis obscure fuscis, plagis trihus exterioribiis pallida fuscis, gullis 

 marginalibus nigris ; ala postica diaphance, nigi-icante lata marginal^, 

 basi pallide Jlavce. 

 Male. Tawny. Heod with seven black slveaks exlendiii{T to the bind 

 border and with some black spots on the vertex ; two wbitisb streaks on 

 each side, the outer pair extending alon<j the sides of the proihorax ; tip of 

 the vertex depressed, elonp;ate-conical; lateral furrows broad, triangular ; 

 front erect, with some black dots and with four sirongly-marked diverging 

 keels ; inner keels continuous to the tip of the vertex. Anlennre blackish, 

 slightly flattened, with some dingy tawny bands. Prothorax short, with a 

 slight middle keel and with distinct transverse furrows; a few tubercles; 

 four very irregular black stripes; hind border elongated, angular. Pectus 

 with a few black spots. Abdomen with four rows of black dots beneath. 

 Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, with a broad blackish streak 

 on the outer side, with two irregular blackish bands on the inner side, and 

 with a few black dots beneath ; hind tibice brown, with two wliitish bands; 

 spines with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, with two dark brown patches 

 and with three exterior pale brown patches; a row of black dots along the 

 hind border and along the exterior part of the costa ; costa slightly rounded 

 rear the base. Hind wings pellucid, broadly blackish and with black veins 

 along the exterior border, pale yellow and with bright yellow veins towards 

 the base. Length of the body 7 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 16 lines. 

 a. West Africa. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



11 Epacromia caliginosa. 

 Acridium (ffidipoda) caliginosum, Haan, Verz. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 

 161, pi. 21, f. 11. 

 Var. ? Mas. Ferruginea ; caput nigricante gnadrislrigatmn, fastigio 

 truncato-conico, siilcis tateralibus latis Irian gularibus ; proihorax 

 tuberculalus, nigricante biplagiatus, margine postico producto angu- 

 lato ; femora postica inlus nigra ; tibice posticce nigricantes, fulvo 

 bifasciatce ; alee antica cinereo-fuscce, fasciis duabus obscure fuscis ; 

 alee posticce obscure cinerece, apice fuscescenles. 

 Male. Ferruginous. Head with two blackish streaks on each side 

 between the eye and the hind border ; tip of the vertex depressed, truncate- 

 conical ; lateral furrows broad, triangular; front erect, with four well-defined 

 slightly diverging keels; inner keels continuous to the lip of the vertex. 

 Prothorax with several tubercles and with a distinct middle keel ; lateral 

 keels apparent between the hind border and the hindmost transverse furrow, 

 where they diverge; a blackish patch on each side; hind border elongated, 

 angular. Hind femora mostly black on the inner side, a little longer than 

 the abdomen. Hind til)i;e blackish, with a tawny band near the base and 

 another beyond the middle; spines tawny, with black tips. Fore wings 

 cinereous-brown, with two irregular dark brown bands, the first extending 

 to the base; costa slightly rounded near the base. Hind wing's dark cine- 

 reous, brownish at the tips ; veins black, tawny at the base and along the 



