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4. Acrydium distanti, sp. n. 



Long. corp. 10-13 inillim. 



Dark brown, slightly varied with reddish in the male, the whole 

 body very thickly and finely granulated, with several large granules 

 on the sides of the pronotum, and on the upper surface of the hind 

 femora. Antennae short, 14-jointed, the last joint long and pointed. 

 Frontal ridge forming a long narrow fork as far as the middle 

 of the vertex. Pronotum as long as the abdomen, the central carina 

 considerably raised, but only sliglitly curved ; the lateral carinae in 

 front well-marked, and parallel. Legs rather hairy ; front femora 

 almost cylindrical ; middle femora broader and flatter ; hind femora 

 very broad, ending in a slightly projecting tooth above, preceded, in 

 the male, by a very small one. Hind tibiae with a double row of 

 rather large spines, 9 on the outer and 7 on the inner edge. Hind 

 tarsi with the first joint very finely serrated above, tripartite beneath, 

 and considerably longer than the 2nd and 3rd together. Ovipositor 

 of the female very large and conspicuous, strongly denticulated 

 beneath. Tegmina and wings not visible. 



Hcd). Transvaal : Zoutpansberg {Kacssner, $ ), Rust- 

 enburg {Distcmt, $). 



Genus Paratettix. 



Paratettix, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xxxi, p. 270 



(1887). 



5. Paratettix scaler. 



Acrydium scalrum, Thunberg, Nova Acta Upsal., vii, p. 157 



(1815). 

 Tettix scaler, Stal, Rec. Orth., i, p. 149 (1873). 

 Paratettix seedier, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xxxi, p. 279. 



n. 18 (1887). 

 Var. Tettix sidypustulata, Walk., Cat. Derm. Salt., v, p. 819, 



n. 40 (1871). 



Hah. Transvaal : Pretoria {Distant), Zoutpansberg 

 {Kaessncr), Barberton (Bcndall); Central Africa; Fort 

 Johnston, Nyasaland (Pendall). 



A long series of this extremely variable species. 



6. Paratettix carinata, sp. n. 



Vertical carina produced backwards over the pronotum and the 

 basal part of the suture of the tegmina in a moderately high and 



