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ACRYDIIX.E. 



nearly one of them ; antenna? slender, moderately long, inserted 

 just below the eyes, beneath which the front projects slightly. 

 Pronotum somewhat rugose ; the median carina distinct, undu- 

 lating, extending considerably beyond the hind femora and the 

 abdomen, \\hich are of about equal length, but rather shorter than 

 the wings ; beyond the level of the abdomen it is very slender. 

 Pour front femora compressed and widened; hind femora 

 thickened, somewhat nodulose; middle tibiae compressed and 

 widened to^vards the base ; hind tibiae with terminal spines, those 

 in the carinje very small ; hind tarsi with the first joint much 

 longer than the third, with four moderate equal pulvilli beneath. 



72. Ergatettix tarsalis, sp. nov. 



Dark brown or reddish brown, the antennae sometimes with 



Fig. &2:—Ergatcttiv tarsalis. 



pale rings. Pronotum usually \\ith a 

 more or less distinct transverse black 

 band, or two large spots just behind the 

 level of the hind coxae. Hind femora 

 often with one or two black spots above, 

 towards the extremity ; hind tibiae black, 

 \\\t\\ two white bands. 



Length, from head to tips of wings, 

 12-15 n)m. 



Bexgal : Calcutta, 



Types in the British Museum and 

 Calcutta Museum. 



Genus SPADOTETTIX. 



Spadotettix , Hancock, Spol. Zeyl. vi, 

 1910, p. 146. 



Type, Spadotettix Jletcheri, Hanc. 



liavge. Ceylon. 



Apterous, face very oblique, vertex 



broader than the eye ; median carina 



angulate, produced before the eyes. 



Pronotum truncate anteriorly, extending 



to the eyes, lateral lobes with the hinder angles slightly reflexed 



outwards, obtuse and obliquely truncate behind. 



Fig. ^?,.— Ergatettix 

 tarsalis. 



