EUPREPOCXEMIS. 267 



Genus EUPREPOCNEMIS. 



Hyprepocnemis, Fieber, Lotos, iii, 1853, p. !)8 ; iv, 18-j4, p. 9. 

 Eiijjrepocnemis, StSl, Recens. Orth. i, 1873, p. T^. 



Type, Gryllns plorans, Cliarp. 



Range. S. Europe, Africa, W. Asia, Oriental liegion. 



Vertex horizontal, impressed, front sloping, frontal ridge 

 rounded, obtuse, not sulcated : antenna) filiform, longer than 

 the head and pronotum togetlier. Pronotum truncated in front, 

 rounded and subtruncated behind, the disk smooth in front, 

 punctured behind, with the luedian carina slightl}" raised, atid 

 intersected only by the third sulcus, the lateral cariuce straight, 

 slightly divergiug ; the front lobe longer than the hind lobe. 

 Tegmina and wings well developed. Prosternal tubercle obtuse 

 towards the tip, sloping ; pectus narrow, the mesosternal lobes 

 approximatiijg, with the inner margin rounded ; metasternal lobes 

 extended behind the foveola; and contiguous. Anal segment of 

 the male not enlarged ; supra-anal lamina ti-iangular, slightly 

 sulcated at the base ; the cerci slender, compressed, pointed or 

 laminated ; the supra-genital lamina slightly produced, obtuse. 



Keij to the Siiecies. 



Hind femora Avitli a longitudinal black stripe on the 



outer side alacris. 8erv. 



Hind femora with no black stripe on the outer side. . imlcli)-((. Bol. 



328. Euprepocnemis alacris, Serv. 



Acridimn oUicre, Serville, Ins. Orth. 1839, p. 682. 



Acrjidinm cleponens, A\'alker, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3) iv. 1859, p, 22.'2. 



Heievacris rmJis, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. iv, 1870. pp. (562, 



664. 

 Eiiprepocneniis plorans, var. interinedia, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. 



France, Ixx, 1902, p. 030. 



Yello^^-ish. A black streak below eacli eye, a broad velvety 

 black subparallel-sided stripe runs over the vertex and pro- 

 notum ; the median carina narrowly, and the lateral borders 

 rather broadly yellow; defiexed lobes yellow, with an oblique 

 blackish bar, and suffused pale markings above and below it. 

 Tegmina subhyaline, with numerous brown spots, which towards 

 the base form a linear series divided by pale spaces ; costal area 

 unspotted, inner marginal area slightly spotted towards the base : 

 wings hyaline, slightly greenish towards the base. Abdomen 

 shining greenish brown. Femora yellowish, with a longitudinal 

 black streak on the outer surface ; tibiae and tarsi purplish bro\\ii, 

 the former Avith two pale bands towards the base, and with 

 9 or 10 white black-tipped spines. 



Length 35-38 mm. ; expanse of tegmina, 60-66 mm. 



Madras : Madura ; Cetloj^. 



Type in the Paris Museum. 



