72 ACRYDIINyB. 



74. Hedottetix gracilis, De Haan. 



Acridiam {Tettir) t/racile, De Haan, Temminck, Verliandel. Orth. 



1842, pp. 167, 169. 

 Hedotettix gracilis^ Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxi, 1887, pp. 188, 



283, 284 ; Hancock, Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, pp. 108, 149, 156, pi. iii, 

 tig. 19. 



Tettix discalis, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. v, 1871, p. 826. 



Tettix umbrifera. Walker, op. cit., 1871, p. 824. 



(?) Tettix lincata,, Walker, op. cit. Suppl. 1871, p. 90. 



Hedotettix festivus, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxi, 1837, pp. 188, 



284, 286, pi. V, iig. 24. 



Hedotettix yracilis abortus, Hancock, Spol, Zeyl. ii, 1887, pp. 188, 



284, 286, pi. V, fig. 24. 

 Tettix obliquifera, AValker, op. cit. p. 825. 

 Var. Tettix vittifera, Walker, op. cit. p. 824. 

 Var. Tettix nif/ricollis, Walker, op. cit. p. 826. 



Loug and slender, very variable in colour, yellow, varied with 

 brown and rosy, or brown and green, with pale or reddish central 

 and lateral cariuse, a black oblong spot on each side before the 

 lateral carina in front, and a narrow angulated black mark 

 touching the lateral carinte just behind the shoulder. Vertex as 

 broad as the eye, front rounded, face nearly straight and slightly 

 oblique. Pronotum truncated in front, acute behind, and produced 

 considerably beyond the hind femora ; hinder aijgles of lateral 



Fig. C4. — Hc'doiciiix gracilis. 



lobes slightly angulated, with the outer margin thickened. 

 Tegmina blackish, oval, rounded at the ends ; wings as long as 

 or much longer than tlie pronotum, extending nearly or quite to 

 the tips of the tibiae. Legs pale, often \Aith darker rings ; front 

 femora compressed and cariuated, especially the middle ones ; 

 hind femora with the upper outer area blackish, the slightly 

 obhque wrinkles separated by paler lines ; hind tibia:^ finely 

 spinose ; first joint of hind larsi nearly twice as long as the 

 third, pulvilli pointed at tips, the third scarcely longer than 

 the second. 



Lencjth 12-15 (in micropterous form, 9-10) mm,; hind femur, 

 4*9-6 mm. 



N. Inbia ; Bombay ; Madras : Trichiuopoly ; Burma : Teinzo, 

 Eangoou ; Jata : Krawang ; Celebes : Tondauo. 



