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278. Cyrtacanthacris rosea, DeG. 



Acrydium roseum, De Geer, Mem. Ins. iii, 1773, p. 488, n. 3, pi. 41, 



^?- 1- 

 Gvyllus Jlavicorms, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. i, 1787, p. 237. 



C'l/rtacajithacris Jutescens, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B. M. iii, 1870, 



p. 50G (bleached). 



Ci/rtacant/tacris fortis, Walker, 1. c. 1870, p. 567. 



GreeD ; autennae ^-ellow. Scutellum of the vertex hardly 

 depressed ; frontal ridge punctured above, smooth and sulcated 

 below, with parallel sides. Pronotum strongly rugose, with the 

 median carina forming a strong ridge. Tegmiua green, rather 

 broad, obtusely and roundly truncate at the tips ; wings greenish 

 hyaline, with the basal half tinged with red. Hind femora green, 

 or with the sides yellower ; hind tibiae and tarsi purplish red, 

 the foi-mer with 9-11 yellowish spines, which have the extreme 

 tips black. 



Lcnr/th 45-80 mm. ; expanse of tegmina, 105-165 mm. 



Assam : Sylhet ; Cxiixa ; Java ; Philippines, etc. 



279. Cyrtacanthacris ranacea, Stall. 



Gryllus Locusta ranaceus, Stoll, Spectres, Saut. 1813, p. 30, pi. lib, 



tig. 53. 

 Cyrtacanthacris inficita, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. iii, 1870, 



p. 565 (discoloured). 



Reddish brown, mixed with yellowish or whitish. Antennae 

 yellow ; head pale, with brown or blackish vertical lines below 

 the eyes and bordering the carinas ; frontal ridge sulcated, 

 with the borders slightly undulating, smooth in the male, punc- 

 tured above and on the sides in the female ; eyes bordered behind 

 with black or brown, a pale median stripe running from the 

 scutellum of the vertex over the pronotum and the suture of the 

 tegmina. Pronotum with fine scattered raised whitish granules, 

 and the hinder lobe punctured in the female ; red, with the 

 median carina and the borders ])ale, and a pale band on the side, 

 which is much expanded and with dusky punctures on the hinder 

 lobe. Abdomen and legs reddish ; hind femora with the outer 

 central area whitish, the knees marked with black ; hind tibiae 

 with QS whitish spines \\'\t\\ dusky tips. Tegmina yellowish 

 .subhyaline, with a row of dark spots along the costa, and many 

 irregular spaces on the median area bounded and reticulated with 

 brown ; wings dusky hyaline, slightly tinged with yellowish 

 towards the base. 



Length 45-55 mm. ; expanse of tegmina, 82-112 mm. 



Arabia; Madras: Conooi-, Xilgiris ; Ceylon ; Siam. 



