62 ^Ii'. W. F. Kirby's 



Hah. Transvaal : Pretoria (Dislant), Waterberg, Warm 

 Baths {Distant), Barberton {Rrndall) ; Natal : Durban 

 {Ross) ; Pemba Island {Burtt) ; Nyasaland : Zomba 

 {Rendall) ; Mozambique : Mopea. 



A common African species, with uniform green tegmina, 

 and the lateral carinse of the pronotum not bordered 

 with black. The wings are transparent, more or less 

 tinged with green or yellowish. 



11. Acrida gigantea. 



Truxalis gigantcus, Fuessly, Archives, p. 173, pi. 52, f 6 



(1791). 

 Tryxalis hilineatus, Thnnberg, Mem. Acad. Petersb., v, 



p. 26G (1815); Nova Acta Upsal., ix, p.. 82 (1827). 



Hah. Transvaal : Pretoria {Distant), Barberton 

 {Rendall) ; Natal : Durban {Ross) ; Nyas aland : Fort 

 Johnston {Rendall). 



Often confused with the last species, but appears to be 

 distinct ; it is found in Africa and the Mediterranean 

 region. The tegmina are green or pale brown, with pink 

 or brown longitudinal markings ; the head and pronotum 

 are longitudinally striped with rose-colour on the sides and 

 sometimes on the median line ; the lateral carinse are 

 generally bordered within with black lines, and the wings 

 are tinged with yellowish. 



12. Acrida rcndalli, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 60 millim ; exp. al. 120 inilliin. 



Female. Head and thorax green. Frontal protuberance extendinij 

 l)eyond the eye to about § of the length of the latter, with parallel 

 sides, and cut off almost square at the extremity, its lateral margins, 

 in front of the eye, brown. Antennae with the basal joint testaceous, 

 the rest wanting. Behind the eye runs a very pale yellow lateral 

 stripe, broadening beliiud, to the extremity of the head ; it is bor- 

 dered beneath by a slender black line. It is continued liy a similar 

 pale yellow band on the thorax, below the lateral carina3. This band 

 is obsolete before and behind, as is also a black line bordering it 

 below. The lateral carinse are yellow, and bordered above with 

 .slender black lines, obsolete behind ; the lower terminal lateral 

 carinse are yellow, unmarked with black. The hinder part of the 

 prothorax is slightly expanded above, convex and slightly longi- 

 tudinally striated ; the front of the head and the hinder part of the 



