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ACRYDIIN^. 



Key to the S^pecies. 



1 (2) First and second piilvilli of the first joint 



of the liind tarsi pointed assmmis, Hane. 



2 (1) All the pu] villi of the first joint of the 



liind tarsi flattened. 



3 (4) Wings and pronotal process extending 



backwards beyond the hind femora . . acutus, Hauc. 



4 (3) Wings and pronotuni shorter, not ex- 



tending to the extremity of the hind 



femora hancochi, Kirby. 



36. Loxilobiis acutus, Hanc. 



Loxilohus acutus, Hancock, Spol. Zevl. ii, 1904, pp. 108, 134 ; id.^ 

 Gen. Ins., Orth. Tetrig. 1906, p. 29, pi. ii, fig. 17. 



Body slender, granulated. Vertex about as wide as an eye» 

 narrowed towards the front, carinated in front in the mitldle 

 and pitted at the sides, vertex scarcely higher than the eyes^ 

 frontal carina rounded and projecting between the eyes, which 

 are small and rounded. Antennae slender, inserted between the 

 lower third of the eyes. Pronotum truncate in front, extending 

 behind beyond the hind femora, back rugose and granulated^ 

 convex between the shoulders, anterior carinse distinct, hardly 

 converging behind, humeral angles distinct, 

 lateral carina not conspicuous, median 

 carina continuous, very slightly waved,, 

 lateral angles acute, projecting outwards 

 and backwards. Tegmina ovate ; wings 

 projecting beyond the pronotum. Front 

 femora unarmed, liind femora with the 

 margins crenulated, and a small tooth before 

 the extremity ; hind tibiae crenulated and 

 spinose ; outer margin with ten spines ; 

 first joint of hind tarsi rather longer than 

 the third ; the third pulvillus longest, and 

 flat below. Upper blade of ovipositor stout, 

 strongly denticulated. 



Lemjtli 15'8 mm. ; pronotum, 13'8 mm. ; 

 hind femur, 6-2 mm. 



Ceylon : Pmidaluoya {E. E. Green). 

 Taken at light in May. 



37. Loxilohus hancocki, Kirby. 



Loxilobus riiffosus, Hancock (7iec Bolivar), 

 Spol. Zeyl. ii, 19U4, pp. 108, 134, 135, 

 155. pi. iii, fig. 17 ; id., Gen. Ins., Orth. 

 Tetrig. 1906, p. 30. 



Loxilobus hancocki, Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth. 



J. .;V^"; 7- iii, 1910, p. 18. 



Loxilobus hancocki. *■ 



Body greyish brown, thickly granulated, 

 and somewhat rugose. Vertex scarcely higher than the eyes, 



