SAUSSURELLA. 



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Key to the Sj^ccies. 



1 (2) Front of pronotuui straight ciicullifera, "Walk. 



2 (1) Front of pronotum ending in a dccurved 



process decurim, Brunn. 



83. Saussurella cucullifera, Wallc 



Tettix cucullifera, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. v, 1871, p. 829. 

 Saussurella cornuta, Bolivar {iicc De Ilaan), Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 



xxxi, 1887, pp. 189, 303 ; Brunner, Ann. Mas. Genova, xxxiii, 1893, 



p. 113, pi. V, fig. 45. 



Reddish grey, vertex twice as broad as the eye, but eDtirely 



covered by the pronotum, on 

 the sides of which the pro- 

 minent eyes are conspicuous ; 

 antennae rather long and slen- 

 der, filiform, inserted between 

 the eyes ; the frontal carina 

 slightly projecting between 

 the antennae. Pi'onotum pro- 

 jecting rather beyond the eyes 

 in front, where it is obtusely 

 pointed, and extending be- 

 hind, where it is more gra- 

 dually and acutely pointed, 

 beyond the abdomen and the 

 hind femora ; strongly ridged, 

 and the median carinas con- 

 tinuous and slightly raised 

 between the shoulders, the 

 sides and hind part of the 

 pronotum being somewhat depressed ; the surface appears finely 

 pubescent. Tegmina black, with pale bands ; wings hyaline, 

 fawn-coloured along the costa. Legs unicolorous, except that the 

 knees of the middle and hind legs, and the terminal joints of the 

 tarsi, are black. 



Length 13-16 mm.; hind femur, 6'4-S mm.; exp. of wings, 

 22 mm. 



Burma : Pegu, Palon ; Chijta : Amoy, Hong Kong. 

 Type in the British Museum (from Amoy). 

 Confounded by authors with Acridium ( fettix) cormdnm, De 

 Haan, from Java and Borneo ; but in that species the frontal pro- 

 jection of the pronotum is longer and more slender than in 

 S. cuciiUifera, and there is a conspicuous yellow spot on the hind 

 femora. 



Fig. 71. — Saussurella cucullifera. 



84. Saussurella decurva, Brunn. 



Saussurella decurva, Brunner, Ann. Mus. Genova, xxxiii, 1893, 

 p. 113, pi. V, fig. 46. 



Larger than the last species, with the frontal extremity of the 



