184 ptrgomoephi^m:. 



Prosteruum with the tubercle broad, transversely truncated at the 

 extremity, slightly arched ; the mesosternal space transverse, 

 half as broad again as long, and distinctly expanded in front. 

 Abdomen dark red above. Legs long, slender, green. 



Length 3-i mm.; tegmina, 28-30 mm. 



SiKKiM : Kurseong; Tibkt. 



Type in the collection of I. Bolivar. 



21. Atractomorpha blanchardi, sp. nov. 



Rather long, olive-coloui-ed. rastigium triangular, narrowly 

 rounded in front, very slightly sulcated, not more than half as 

 long again as broad and about as long as the eye. Antennae 

 rather long, with long joints, the basal joints pale, the inner side 

 blue, and the outer side red. Eyes less than twice as long as 

 broad, the borders curved, and truncated behind. Frontal ridge 

 slightly sinuated, regularly granulated, and sulcated throughout ; 

 cheeks with small irregular pale granules on a yellow line. Pro- 

 uotum pale above, granulated, impress-punctate on the hinder 

 area, slightly sinuated in front and obtusely angulated and slightly 

 excavated behind ; the carinje indicated by granules, and the sulci 

 distinct ; the deflexed lobes somewhat expanded beliind, the lower 

 margin slightly sinuated and finely granulated, the hind border 

 broadly concave, but the hinder angle not produced backwards : a 

 well-marked smooth space behind the hinder sulcus. Tegmina 

 very long and pointed, passing the hind femora by one-third of 

 their length ; wings rather shorter than the tegmina, hyaline, with 

 the disk rosy. Legs slender, hind femora with the lower outer 

 area pale. Prostemium with a slightly transverse tubercle, 

 emarginate at the tip ; mesosternal lobes separated by a transverse 

 rectangular space. 



Length 34 mm. : tegmina, 29 mm. 



Sind: Karachi. 



Type in the Paris Museum. 



Genus ORTHACRIS. 

 Orthacris, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Espau. xiii, 1884, pp. 24, 439, 496. 

 Type, Orthacris JiHfoi-mis, Bol. 



Range. India, Ceylon. 



Body slender, apterous. Head conical, fastigium horizontally 

 produced before the eyes, vertex cai'inate, tempora ver}^ short, with 

 a short suture in front : front very oblique, not sinuated, costal 

 ridge compressed between the antennae, and sulcated throughout, 

 lateral carinae distinct, but interrupted; antennas filifonn, 

 inserted between the eyes, joints 3 and 4 triquetral ; eyes 

 short, oblong, with a row of granules behind. Pronotum 

 pubescent, not carinated, liardly expanded behind, the hinder 

 sulcus placed at one-fourth of its length, the metazona very short ; 



