250 



CATAiS"T()l'I>«Mi. 



305. Catantops splendens, Tlmnh. 



Gryllus splendens, Thnnberg, Mem. Acad. Petersb. v, 1815, p. 236 



i'x, 1824, pp. 39."), 408. 

 Acridium hUcoItim, Serville, Ins. Ortli. 1839, p. 661. 

 Aevydimii riifitibia, Walker, Ann. & Mag-. Xat. Hist. (3j iv, 18.10, 



p. 223. 



Greenish brown. Frontal ridge suleated, rather broad, punc- 

 tured, with parallel sides. Pronotinn thickly punctured, the 

 carina and transverse sulci sligiitly marked, the deflexed lobes 

 sometimes pale beneath, the hind border very obtusely angulated, 

 subrotund. Prosternal tubercle long, obtuse, Tegmina long and 

 narrow, rounded at the end, testaceous subhyaline, more or less 

 mottled with blackish ; wings j"elIowish hyaline, rarely hyaline. 

 Hind femora with tlie outer area yellowish, generally with a longi- 

 tudinal stripe, double towards the base, on its upper portion, and 

 another on the lower side : inner surface black above, and red 

 below ; hind tibia? red (rarely yelloAvisli) with 10-11 black-tipped 

 spines. Male with the cerci slendei-, pointed, incurved ; supra- 

 anal lamina long, pointed, compressed. 



LemjtU 3.3 mm. 



IxDiA ; C'eylox ; Axdamaxs ; NicoBARS; Burma; Java, &c. 



306. Catantops humilis, Serv. 



Acridium liumile, Serville, Ins. Ortb. 18.39, p. 062. 

 Acridium innofabile, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. iv, 1870, p. 629. 

 Caloptejiusferruf/ineus, Walker, op. cit. 1870, p. 70.5. 

 Cti/opl(')/us immnnis, Walk'er, op. cit. v, Suppl. 1871, p. 67. 



Dull greenish broAvn. Frontal ridge moderately suleated, punc- 

 tured, M ith parallel carinte ; eyes 

 large. Pronotum thickly and 

 finely punctured, with the median 

 carina slightly, and the transverse 

 sulci still more slightly, marked ; 

 the hind border obtusely angu- 

 lated, or subrotund, Prosternal 

 tubercle thick, obtuse. Tegmina 

 rather long, often Avith dusky 

 mottling; wings clear hyaline. 

 Abdomen shining, yellowish, 

 darker on the back. Hind femora 

 yellowish, \\\t\\ two transverse 

 bhickish bands above; inner sur- 

 face and hind tibice and tarsi red ; 

 tibiae with 10-11 black-tipped 

 spines, Cerci of male slender, 

 pointed, slightly incurved ; sub- 

 genital lamina pointed at tip. 



Leiuitli 22-30 mm. ; expanse of 

 tegmina, 42-55 mm. 

 Ee^s'gal : Calcutta; Pombat; 



Fig. 133. — Cafajifops Jttimilis. 



Assam : Svlhet 



SiKKJM ; 



Ceylon, 



