160 Mr. M. Burr's Monograph of 



h. in desiccatis noiinun(|uaiu ala) decolores flavicantes, vel tantuin 

 anterius sanguineiv. $ long. corp. .")3 ; caput supra 13 ; pronoti. 7 ; 

 elytr. 54 ; feni. post. 33 ni. 



Acrida sanguinea. Suuss., 1891), Senck. Nat. Ges., xxi, 

 G29. 



Fafria. Antananarivo in Madagascar (Sauss.). 



I only know this species from de Saussure's description. 

 It appears to be very closely allied to A. hrumicriana. 



3. Acrida liberta, sp. n. 



Viridis ; statura majore. Caput, pronotum, sternum et pleura^ 

 nigro-punctulata. Vertex latus, deplanatus, haud acute delineatus, 

 lateribus valde reflexis. Antenna3 valde deplanataj, long*. Pronotum 

 postice haud dilatatum, carinis lateral ibus parallelis, rectis ; disco 

 medio puncto nigro utrinque ornatum : lobi deflexi carinulis irre- 

 gularibus instructi. Elytra longa, angusta, valde acuminata. Ala; 

 elytris breviores, rubra;, apice hyalince, nigrofasciat* ; fascia nigra 

 margineni posticum alarum includen.s, apicem lilierans. 5 • 



? 



Long. Corp. ... 75 m.ni. 



,, antennte . . 23 (broken). 



„ capitis . . . 16"5 



„ pronoti . . 10 



„ elytrorum . G4-25 



„ fem. ant. . . 13 5 



„ fem. post. . . 42 



Patria. Slave Coast, Ho (Coll. Brunner, No. 17, 

 438). 



This species differs from A. hrunneriana in tlie form of 

 the vertex and the alar fascia, which is curved inwards 

 towards the apex, leaving the apex of the wing clear. 

 From A. crocea, it may be easily distinguished by the 

 presence of the black band. 



4. Acrida crocea (Bol.). 



Viriilis vel rufa. Vertex ante oculos deplanatus, liaud acute 

 delineatus. Fa^^tigium verticis antrorsuin ampliatum, latissimum, 

 supra concavum, marginibus reflexis. Antenna; valde ensiformes, 

 deplanata;, $ dimidio basali latiores, dimidio apicali angustata;, 

 5 in tertia parte apicali tantum angustata;. Pronotum angustum, 

 nee dilatatum nee elevatum, carinis lateralibus parallelis, postice 

 acutaugulum ; lobi deflexi carina superiori subsinuata;. Elytra 



