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283. Teratodes monticollis, Gray. 



Gryllus monticollis, Grav, Griffith's Anim. Kingd. xv, 1832, p. 21o, 

 pi. 64. 



Almost uuiform greeu ; the following portions are generally 

 yellow, or occasionally reddish : — the autennse, a line on the whole 

 crest of the pronotuni, the upper cai'inae of the hind femora and 

 an arch on the knees, and the lower carinse and spines of the 

 hind tibiae. AVithin the outer upper carina of the femora is 

 sometimes a row of pale spots. Tegmina opaque, uniform green, 

 very thickly reticulated ; wings pale greenish hyaline. 



Length 35-65 mm. ; pronotum, 25-45 mm. ; expanse of tegmina, 

 62-95 mm. 



Bombay; Ceylon. 



Ti/i^ie in the British Museum. 



Genus BIBRACTE. 

 Bibracte, Stfil, Bib. Svensk. Akad. Ilandl. v (4), 1878, pp. 27, 71. 

 Type, Acridium hagenhaclii, De Haan. 



Range. S. India, Indo-Malayan Islands. 



Body stout ; fastigium of the vertex projecting considerably 

 between the antennae, face sloping ; antennae long, pointed at 

 the tips ; pronotum with the median carina and the transverse 

 sutures nearly obsolete ; tegmina and wings variable ; hind femora 

 moderately stout. 



2S4. Bibracte rugulosa, Bol. 



Bibracte riu/ulosa, Bolivar, Ami. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, p. 620. 



Ferruginous brown. Front coarsely impress-punctate. Pro- 

 notum obtusely sinuated behind, with the back rugose, obtusely 

 tectiform, the hind sulcus placed much behind the middle, the 

 deflexed lobes subangulated, the inner half rather shining, 

 impress-punctate; before the hinder angle somewhat concave, 

 thickly impress-punctate behind. Tegmina rudimentary, shorter 

 than the pronotum, with the inner margin straight, and the outer 

 margin very convex before the tip. Hind femora red beneath ; 

 hind tibiae red, with yellow spines tipped with black. Supra-anal 

 lamina somewhat compressed, sulcate above at the base. 



Length 24 mm.; pronotum, 6 mm.; tegmina, 4 mm.; hind 

 femur, 4 mm. 



Madras : Kodaikanal. 



Type in the collection of INI. PanteL 



