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ACRYDIINiE. 



43. Apterotettix obtusus, Hanc. 



Apterotettix ohtzmis, Hancock, Spol. Zevl. ii,1904, pp. 108, 140, 155, 

 pi. iii, fig. 13; id., Gen. Ins., Ortli. Tetrig. 1906, p. 31, fig. 16. 



Brown, more or less varied with grey beneath and on the legs. 

 Vertex about equal in width to one of the eyes, and with a strong 

 median carina ; eyes moderately large and prominent. Pronotum 

 generally shorter than the abdomen and hind femora. Hind 

 femora with transverse wrinkles on the upper outer area ; hind 

 tibiae spinulose above, and with strong terminal spines ; joints of 

 tarsi slender, the second joint and terminal claw black ; pul villi 

 inconspicuous. 



Lenr/th 6-9 mm. ; pronotum, 4^-6 mm. ; hind femur, 4|-5 mm. 



Ceylox : Peradeniya, Pundaluoya. 



Pound in grass-fields in Pebruary, Mai'ch, May, and December. 



Genus EURYMORPHOPUS. 

 Surpnorp/ioptts, Hancock, Gen. Ins., Oith. Tetrig. 1906, pp. 30, 3o. 



Type, Amorplwpus cimdatus, Bol. 



Range. Ceylon, New Caledonia. 



Body stout, depressed, granulated, apterous. Vertex on a level 

 with the eyes, frontal carina very slightly projecting between the 

 antennae, the face beneath almost perpendictdar ; vertex much 



Fig. 46. — Euri/viorpkajms latilohvs. 



Fig. 47. 

 Eiirymorphopus lafilohus. 



narrowed in front, antennae very short, inserted below the eyes ; 

 face and cheeks broad, rounded. Pronotum with the median and 

 lateral carinas well-marked and continuous, except that the lateral 



