CATANTOPIX.i:. 



191 



granulated carince, the spines with dark reddish tips. The valves 

 of the ovipositor very short. 



Lemjth 17 mm. ; antenna?, 4 mm. ; tegmina, '2 mm. 



Ceylon. 



Type in the collection of Brunuer von AVattenwyl. 



Suhfamilv VIII. CATANTOPIN.^. 



Keij to the Genera. 



[1 (26) Posterior tibine with iUi ex- 

 ternal apical spiue. 



2 (25) Tegmina present. 



3 (24) Tegmina and wings fully de- 



veloped. 



4 (.5) Head short and very broad, the 



face broader than long .... 



5 (4) Head not remarkably broad. 



6 (15) Mesosternal lobes meeting in a 



straight line. 



7 (12) Antennae between the eyes or 



scarcely in front of them. 



8 (11) Antennae filiform. 



9 (10) Posterior femora reacliing apex 



of abdomen ; posterior tibiae 

 with about 15 moderately 

 strong spines on outer edge . 



10 (9) Posterior femora much shorter 



than abdomen ; posterior 

 tihife with about 20 small 

 spines on outer edge ; thorax 

 with white lateral stripe . . 



11 (8) Antennae ensiform 



12 (7) Antennaj remote from the eves. 



13 (14) 1 astigium with a distinct carina 



14 (13) Fastigium without carina .... 



15 (6) Mesosternal lobes more or less 



separated. 

 IG (17) Tegminawith a patch of densely 

 placed transverse nervures at 

 the parting of the radial 

 veins 



17 (16) Tegmina without a patch of 



nervures. 



18 (23) Prosternal tubercle cylindrical, 



somewhat acuminate at apex ; 

 external apical spine of pos- 

 terior tibiae quite distinct. 



EUTHYMIA, Stal, p. 196. 



OXYRRHEPES, Slal, p. 209. 



Lkptacris, Walk., p. 210. 



ISCHNACRIDA, Stal * p. 212. 



Xenippa, Stal, p. 215. 

 PsEXJDOCARSULA, Bruun., 



[p. 214 



Spathosternum, Kar.sch, 



[p. 207 



* Ischnacrida farscdis, Walker, lias the mesosternal lobes contiguous in the 

 middle only.sligbtly diverging posteriorly ; the prosternal tubercle is enlarged 

 iit tiie apex and slightly concave. 



