122 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voy 2h; 
3. 3. Median carina of pronotum little com- 
pressed, longitudinally low arcuate 
forward. 
4. Dorsum of pronotum between the shoul- 
ders subtectiform; frontal costa joined 
with the vertex in profile strongly ar- 
cuate produced; vertex viewed from 
above subwidened between the frontal 
carinulae; stature moderate; colour 
often obscure ferrugineous or infuscate, 
sometimes with a median light fascia 
on the dorsum - attennuatus, Hancock. 
4. 4. Dorsum between the shoulders distinctly 
tectiform: frontal costa strongly arcu- 
ate produced; blades of the female ovi- 
positor long; the first and third pul- 
villi of the first joint of hind tarsi sub- 
equal in length; stature moderately 
large; colour grey As .. gvOssus, Sp. Nov. 
Hedotettix cristitergus, sp. nov. 
Near punctatus, Hancock. Obscure yellowish-ferrugineous or 
somewhat infuscate; body above granulose. Vertex subequal or 
barely wider than one of the eyes, frontal carinulae formed in 
obtuse angle, roundly reflexed at the sides, middle carinate; fron- 
tal costa strongly advanced before the eyes and arcuate, barely 
subsinuate at the median ocellus; antennae inserted distinctly 
between the lower fourth of the eyes. Pronotum anteriorly dis- 
tinctly angulate produced over the head; median carina strongly 
compressed, very thin punctate, arcuate forward, the crest highest 
above or barely behind the shoulders; hind process acute subu- 
late extended beyond the hind femoral apices; prozonal carinae 
behind the anterior border abbreviated and parallel; dorsum 
between the shoulders on either side of the crest somewhat 
smooth ; humeral angles obtuse, rounded, carinae little compressed ; 
posterior angles of the lateral lobes narrowed, apices hebitate ; 
elytra oblong, apices widely rounded; wings strongly caudate ; 
anterior femora elongate, entire ; middle femora elongate, margins 
little compressed in the female but subparallel, in the male arcu- 
ate dilated towards the base; hind femora elongate, margins en- 
tire, minutely serrulate ; first joints of the posterior tarsi longer 
than the third, the first two pulvilli spinose, the third longer, 
substraight below. 
Entire length of male and female 14°5-16'5 mm.; pronotum 
108-13 mm. ; hind femora 6-6 7 mm. 
Habitat.—Hoshangabad, Nov. 14, 1911 (JZ. B. Fletcher). 
Several examples in author’s collection. 
This species resembles punciatus, Hance. The habitat of the 
latter is unknown, the type being in the University Mus., Oxford. 
