MORrifACRIS. 



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Geuus MORPHACRIS. 



Morphacris, Walker, Cnt. Derm. Salt. V,M. iv, 1870, p. 7t>0. 

 Co-^vwrhyssa, Stal, Recens. Orth. i, 187o, pp. 116, 121 ; Saiissure, 



Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxviii (9), 1884, pp. oO, 123; xxx (1), 1888, 



pp. 18, 37. 



Type, Morphacris adusta, Walk. {=^GryUas saiKjidneus, Tluinb., 

 immature). 



Range. Africa, AV^. Asia, India, Greece (?). 



Body long and slender. Scutellum of the vertex depressed, 

 with a median carina, terminating in front in a sUght ridge 

 between the antennre ; costal ridge slightly prominent, sulcated ; 

 lateral carinae obsolete. Pronotum with the median carina strongly 

 marked ; the principal sulcus is indistinct and placed considerably 

 before the middle, and behind it are several strong continuous 

 carinas on each side. Tegmiua long, narrow, slightly expanded on 

 the costa towards the base, the postradial area extending to the 

 middle. Wings yellow or red at the base, separated by a dark 

 band from the outer hyahne area. Femora long, rather slender, 

 not serrulated. 



158. Morphacris citrina, Kirhy. 



Morphacris citrina, Kirby, Syii. Cat. Orth. iii, 1910, p. 219. 

 Cosmorhyssa sulcata, Saussure {nee Thunb.), JNlem. Soc. Geneve, 

 xxviii (9), 1884, p. 124; xxx (1), 1888, p. 37. 



Head brown, darker above and along the frontal ridge ; upper 

 part of the sides of the face below 

 the eyes yellowish to the end of the 

 clypeus beside the costal ridge. Pro- 

 notum brown, with a black band on 

 the pleura, marked below with a 

 raised yellowish line. Abdomen 

 yellowish, with a shining black spot 

 above near the base. Legs brown, 

 hind femora within with two longi- 

 tudinal black bands covering much of 

 the surface ; hind tibiae yellow, with a 

 dark band near the base. Tegmina 

 brown, paler towards the inner 

 margin, on which a few dark dots 

 are visible ; outer area subhyaline, 

 slightly shining, and reticulated with 

 square cells. Wings light sulphur- 

 yellow at the base, bordered by a 

 broad blackish band ; outer area 

 hyaline, somewhat clouded towards 

 the extremity. 



Length 20-27 mm. ; expanse of wings, 42 -4o mm. 



India ; Ceylon ; Sybia ; Abyssinia. 



The South-African M. sulcata, Thunb., is darker and more 

 heavily marked. 



Fig. 99. 

 Murphacris citrina. 



