ACRIDTD^,. 777 



Male. Ferriiffinous. Head blaclcish above ; tip of tlie vertex abruptly 

 contracted in the lore pari; lateral furrows minute, narrow; front erect, 

 with four well-defined cunver<?in^ keels ; inner keels continuous to ibe tip of 

 the vertex. Anlenr.jB tawny, filiform, black towards the tips, as \ovi^ as the 

 head and the prothorax together. Prolhorax blackish above, with the 

 exception of two diverging stripes ; middle keel distinct, dee])ly inlerrupted 

 by the two transverse furrows; hind border elongated, hardly angular. 

 Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen ; inner side with a broad 

 black stripe which extends from the base and has beyond it a black band ; 

 the latter extends to the upper side, as does also a branch of the stripe. 

 Hind tibiae black, with two white bands; spines white, with black tips. 

 Fore wings cinereous, with three large blackish patches, which are much 

 excavated and contain some cinereous dots, and are accompanied by several 

 blackish dots. Hind wings pale cinereous, this hue blending with the 

 blackish colour about the exterior border. Length of the body 10 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 20 lines. 



a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Australia. 



22. Epacromia terminifeea. 



FcEm. Testacea aul viridis ; caput nigricante interrupte lislrigatiim, 

 fastigio subpentagnnali, sulcis duobus laleralibun triangutaribus, 

 facie nigra binolula ; prothoracis carince lalerates nigra ex parte 

 marginatce ; femora postica iutus nigra bipUtgiala ; alee anticce plagis 

 tribus maculis gutiisque exterioribus cinereis, p/agis tribus costalibiis 

 nigris ex parte fuscis ; ulce postica apice nigrcE. Var. (i. — Vertex 

 rvfo bislrigutus ; fades nigra bivittata ; prothorax nigra late quadri- 

 vitlatus. 



Female. Testaceous or green. Head with a blackish interrupted 

 streak on each side between the eye and the hind border; tip of the vertex 

 depressed, snbpentagonal ; furrow on each side triangular ; front punctured, 

 hardly oblique, with four slight keels which diverge slightly towards the 

 face ; inner keels forming a broad ridge between the sockets of the antennae ; 

 the latter brown towards the tips, longer than the prothorax ; a small black 

 mark on each side of the face. Prolhorax with three slight keels; lateral 

 keels partly bordered with black, diverging much between the second trans- 

 verse furrow and the hind border, which is rounded. Hind femora with two 

 black patches on the inner side. Wings pellucid. Fore wings with three 

 patches, and with several exterior spots and dots which are cinereous and 

 have brown veins; three black partly brown costal patches. Hind wings 

 with black tips; veins black, yellowish while towards the base and along 

 the interior border. Var. j3. — Vertex with two red obliiiue streaks; a black 

 stripe on each side of the face. Pioiliorax with four broad black stripes, 

 the outer stripes short. Length of the body 1 1 — 12 lines ; expansion of the 

 fore wings 24—26 lines. 



a. Swan River, Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



