228 CATANTOPINili. 



Stripe, continuous with that of the head, over the carina ; it is 

 narrowly bordered ^^ith j^ellow before and behind, and more 

 broadly below ; on the sides are two short parallel yellow stripes 

 on a blackish ground, hardly extending beyond the hind suture. 

 Abdomen brown above, Avith a row of long yellowish spots 

 bordering tlie median carina on each side ; under surface pale. 

 Tegmiua subhyaline, with a yellow basal stripe on the costa ; the 

 centre is tilled up with brown and yellow quadrangular or oval 

 spots, and on the apical third the nervures are marked with 

 black streaks. AViugs smoky hyaline, strongly tinged with 

 purplish red on the basal half. Legs dark browzi ; hind femora 

 yellow, obliquely lined with brown on the outer surface ; hind 

 tibiae with 8 to 10 white black-tipped spines. 



The dark markings of the tegmiua vary considerably, and are 

 sometimes nearly obsolete. 



Length 50-62 mm. ; expanse of tegmina, 116-135 mm. 



India; Ceylon; China; Sumatra; Jaya; Borneo. 



274. Orthacanthacris nigricornis, Burm. 



Acridimn niyricorne, Burmeister, Ilandb. Ent. ii, 1838, p. 629. 

 Acridiuni melunocorne, Serville, In.s. Ortli. 1839, p. 659. 



Body varied with black and yellow ; antennae black. Scutellum 

 of the vertex only slightly depressed, frontal ridge nearly straight, 

 sulcated, smooth ; head yello«% face \y[t\\ narrow black vertical 

 stripes within the eyes, and behind them runs a broad black band 

 on each side of the median yellow stripe across the head and 

 thorax ; behind each eye is an oblique yellow stripe, and towards 

 the extremity of the pronotum the black is bisected on each side 

 A\ith yellowish. Pronotum coarsely punctured, the sides yellow, 

 marked with small black spots. Abdomen dull yellow, more or 

 less suffused with blackish. Tegmina dull yellow, subopaque, 

 more or less blackish towards the base ; wings smoky hyaline, 

 with the base tinged with red. Legs blackish, hind femora with 

 broad yellow spaces spotted with black, hind tibiae with 8-11 

 yellow black-tipped spines, hind tarsi red. 



Length 43-55 mm.; expanse of tegmina, 90-127 mm. 



S. India ; Malay States ; Java, etc. 



275. Orthacanthacris vinosa, Wcdh. 



Acridium yjwosiwi, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. iii, 1870, p. 588. 



Almost uniform reddish brown, slightly varied with pale 

 yellow behind the eyes and on the sides of the pronotum ; 

 antennae yellowish. Scutellum of the vertex hardly depressed, 

 frontal ridge only slightly sulcated, comparatively broad, thickly 

 punctured throughout, and slightly narrowed at the ocellus ; 

 lateral carinae slightly oblique. Prouotiun tliickly punctured, 

 narrowly streaked with yellowish on the hind border. Tegmina 



