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ACRYDIINJE. 



truncate, lateral cariuae curving outward and backward, the middle 

 carina not proniinent ; frontal carina prominent between the 

 antennoe ; eyes globose, of moderate size. Antennae slender, 

 filiform, inserted between the lower angle of the eyes. Pronotum 

 truncated in front, subulate behind, and produced about as far as 

 the wings ; above more or less granulated, and with a short 

 abbreviated lateral carina between the shoulders ; humeral angles 

 obtuse ; median cai-ina not prominent but continuous, lateral 

 carina) distinct ; hinder lateral angles with an acute spine, 

 straight or slightly curved forward. Tegmina oval, obtuse at 

 the extremity. Femora rather slender, margins entire ; hind 

 femora serrulate above ; hind tibiae with the margins armed \\ith 

 small spines, except on the inner margin towards the apex ; first 

 joint of hind tarsi very narrow, but 

 scarcely longer than the third ; first two 

 pulvilli of the first joint pointed, the third 

 obtuse. 



c5' . Length 9-8-10'3 mm. ; pronotum, 

 8*9-9'5 mm. ; tegmina, 1 mm. ; posterior 

 femur, 4-5-4-6 mm.; antennae, 3'2-3-3 mm. 

 2 . Length 11-12-2 mm.: pronotum, 10-2- 

 11-3 mm.; tegmina, l"l-l-2 mm,; posterior 

 femur, 5'2-5"7 mm. ; antennae, 4 mm. 

 Ceylon : Pundaluoya. 

 Frequents swampy ground in March. 



22. Criotettix maculatus, sp. uov. 



Dark bro^n, with the process of the 

 pronotum inclining to rufous on the 

 borders. Antennae long and slender, 

 scape thickened. Pronotum and wings 

 of about equal length, nearly as long 

 as the hind legs, * pronotal spine 

 slender, curved forwards. Pront legs 

 blackish, banded \A'ith grey ; hind femora 

 yellowish, varied with white on the 

 outer side, and with blackish below ; 

 towards the base is a blackish band ; 

 hind tibiae yellowish, darker towards the tip ; tarsi whitish, 

 with the tips of the joints blackish. 



Length 11 mm. 



Burma. 



Type in the British Museum. 



23. Criotettix obscurus, sp. nov. 



Dull brown, paler beneath, the legs transversely banded with 

 brown and yellowish grey. Eyes large, round, the space between 



* [This is correct ; tlie artist has been misled by the wings being out of 

 position.] 



Fig. 30. 



Criotettix maculatus. 



