84 ORTHOPTERA 



of the maxillary palpi longer than the third ; third joint of the labial 

 palpi clavate. Antennae very much longer than the body. Prothorax 

 slightly transverse ; a very slender middle furrow and an oblique 

 furrow on each side ; a pieeous patch in front. Abdomen with a 

 narrow pieeous band on the hind border of each dorsal segment. 

 Oviduct hardly curved^ a little shorter than tlie abdomen. Legs 

 short, thick ; femora with a row of short oblique black streaks on each 

 side ; hind femora with a single row of four minute black-tipped spines 

 near the tip ; four anterior tibiae with four small black-tipped spines 

 on each side ; four tibiae contracted near the base ; hind tibite dilated, 

 with four long and very stout black spines on each side. 



Length of the body, 15 lines. 



Distinguislied from H. figurata by its short and broad hind tibiae. 



Genus-CEUTHOPHILUS. 

 Sc udder. 

 Head rather large, oval. Antennae long, slender, cylindrical; first 

 joint as broad as long, longer and stouter than the rest, which are 

 about equal in thickness, gradually tapering to the extremity ; second 

 quite short; third longest ; the remainder unequal. Eyes sub-pyriform, 

 sub-globose, crowded against the first swollen joint of the antennae. 

 Maxillary palpi long and slender ; first two joints equal, smallest ; 

 third fully equal in length to first and second together ; fourth three- 

 fourths as long as third ; fifth nearly as long as third and fourth 

 together ; somewhat curved, swollen towards the extremity, split on the 

 under-side almost its entire length. Sides of the thoracic nota broad, 

 mostly concealing the epimera ; wings wanting. Legs rather long ; 

 coxae carinated externally, the third pair but slightly, the first pair 

 having the carina elevated into a sharp, the second into a dull, point at 

 the middle ; first two pairs of femora mostly wanting spines ; hind 

 femora thick and heavy, turned inward at the base, channelled beneath. 

 Ovipositor generally rather long, nearly straight, but a little concave 

 above, rounded off somewhat abruptly at the extremity of the sharp 

 upturned point. 



C. (?) LANCEOLATUs. Walker, Cat. Locustidce, p. 20i (1869). 



Male. Pieeous, convex, smooth, shining, testaceous beneath. 

 Head a little broader than the prothorax, testaceous in front. Eyes 

 black, nearly elliptical, not prominent. ]Mandibles black towards their 

 tips. Palpi testaceous ; third, fourth, and fifth joints of the maxillary 

 nearly equal in length; third joint of the labial clavate. Antennae 

 pieeous, testaceous at the base. Prothorax transverse, a little broader 



