62 ACRTDIIN.E. 



Length of the body, 4,^ liues ; expansion o£ tlie hind wings, 9 lines. 



S. IXDIA. 



Described from the much damaged type specimen. 

 Tijpe in the British Museum. 



61. Paratettix scaber, Thunh. 



Acrydium scabrum, Thunberg, Nuva Acta Uppsal., vii, 1815, p. 159. 

 Tettix suhpustulata, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. v, 1871, p. 819. 

 Tettix t^caher, Stfil, Recen. Orth. i, 1873, p. 149. 

 Paratettix scaber, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxi, 1887, pp. 188, 

 279 ; id., Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, p. 585. 



Brown or blackish, scabrous, with very small darker granules. 

 Head moderately produced, vertex not prominent, narro\\er than 

 the eye, narrowed and subangularly rounded in front, and cari- 

 nated in the middle. Pronotum produced behind, much con- 

 stricted in front, the back transversely convex between the 

 shoulders, the middle carina slightly raised, more compressed in 

 front, and obsolete before reaching the front margin ; hinder 

 angle of the lateral lobes narrowly rounded off at the tips ; a 

 w'hite spot on each side of the pronotum in the typical form, 

 behind which is a black spot followed by a small whitish dot. 

 Tegmina twice as long as broad, closely punctured ; wings longer 

 than the pronotum, iridescent, with brown borders. CariniB of 

 the front femora straight ; front tibiae ringed with white, hind 

 tibia pale, at least at the base ; hind tarsi pale, the first joint 

 much longer than the third ; pulvilli pointed, the third as long as 

 the first two together. 



Length 8-10 mm. ; pronotum, 10*o-12"5mm. ; hind femur, 5'5- 

 6'5 mm. 



Madras : Trichinopoly ; Za>-zibar ; Portuguese East 

 Africa ; Cape Colony ; Gtaboox. 



62. Paratettix variabilis, Bol. 



Paratetti.c variabilis, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxi, 1887, 

 pp. 188, 276 ; id., Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, p. 585. 



Brown or ferruginous, slightly rugose. Vertex narrower than 

 the eye, cariiiated in front on each side, frontal costa arched and 

 rounded, projecting between the eyes. Pronotum much produced 

 (or, in varieties, scarcely produced beyond the hind femora), back 

 nearly smooth, the middle carina acutely compressed in front, 

 with a raised line on each side of the disc between the shoulders, 

 obsolete before and behind ; hinder angle of the lateral lobes 

 acutely triangular. Tegmina rounded at the tip : wings 2 or 3 

 millimetres longer than the pronotum in the typical form. Front 

 femora with tlie carina? straight ; middle femora long and linear ; 



