236 CATANTOPINyE. 



Genus BIBRACTOIDES, nov. 

 Type, Acridium inmctormm, AValk. 



Range. South India. 



Head rugosely punctate; front prominent, considerably produced 

 between the antennae, and rounded into the frontal ridge, which 

 is very narrow, sulcated, and parallel-sided throughout, the lateral 

 carinse also nearly straight ; antenna? fihform. Pronotuin rugosely 

 punctate, with raised granules, the median carina forming a ridge, 

 cut by only two distinct sulci, the hindmost beyond the middle, 

 hind border truncate-sinuate. Prosternal tubercle pointed, meso- 

 sternal lobes transverse. Tegmina shorter than the abdomen, ex- 

 panded on the costa, and obliquely and roundly truncate at the tips ; 

 wings two-thirds as long as the tegmina, with the costal area 

 produced and rather poiuted nt the tip; the hind margin deeply 

 and roundly concave. Hind femora thickened at the base, finely 

 serrated above, and granulated on the outer surface ; hind tibise 

 with 8-9 spines. 



285. Bibractoides punctoria, Walk. 



Acriflium puncturium, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. iv, 1870, 

 p. 630. 



Brown, very rugose, with black granules, colour paler behind 

 the eyes, on the sides of the pronotum, and towards the costa and 

 apex of the tegmina. Antennae tawny, slightly flattened, brownish 

 towards the tips. Tegmina spotted all over with brown, the 

 spots being formed of short connected streaks on the nervures, 

 fi'equently transverse or oblique ; wings yellowish, with reddish 

 nervures. Abdomen pale, with the hinder segments distinctly 

 punctured. Hind femora pilose, pale, with ill-defined brown 

 markings, the inner and under surfaces, as well as the hind tibiae 

 and tarsi, red. 



Length 25 mm. ; tegmina, 18 mm. ; wings, 15 mm. ; hind femur, 

 18 mm. 



S. India. 



Tgpe in the British Museum. 



Genus ALECTOROLOPHUS. 



Alectorolojjhus, Brunner, Abh. Senckeub. Ges. xxiv, 1898, p. 244. 



Type, AlectoroJophus speciosus, Brunn. 



liange. India (?), Celebes, Lombok. 



Pastigium of the vertex strongly narrowed in front, and pro- 

 jectiug considerably between the antennae, frontal ridge obsolete ; 

 pronotum with a high lobate and serrate crest ; tegmina and 

 wings rudimentary or wanting. 



