332 Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy's Memoir on the 



together than to the eyes. Tegmina more parallel-sided, striate- 

 pimctate. 



Long. \Q\ mm. Width 3 mm. 



Hob. Birara (Willey). 



Genus Aufidus, St&l. 



Aufidus, St&l, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1863, p. 594. 



Aufidus Hyperion, sp. nov. 

 (Plate XVII, fig. 4.) 

 Allied to A. tripars (Walker). 



Head, thorax and basal third of tegmina, ventral surface, legs, 

 abdomen, etc., stramineous. Base of frons proper, extreme apex of 

 vertex, a small spot enclosing each of the ocelli, eyes, tarsi 

 apically, exterior margin of anterior tibia 3 ., black. Apical two-thirds 

 of tegmina (except lateral margin of their basal two-thirds) blackish 

 fumate. Posterior margin of pronotum widely (except postero- 

 lateral angle) and pallid parts of tegmina, suffused with sanguineous. 

 Abdomen above, femora and posterior tibiae more or less sanguineous. 

 Tegmina and pronotum posteriorly yellowish pilose ; head and pro- 

 notum anteriorly blackish pilose. Frons swollen, medianly flattened 

 and sulcate ; rostrum apically black, reaching a little beyond the 

 base of intermediate coxa?. 



Long. 10j mm. to apex of tegmina. Breadth 3 mm. 



Hab. Birara (Willey). 



The abdomens of the two specimens (1 $ 1 $) are 

 unfortunately a little distorted by alcohol. 



Family TETTIGONIIDiE. 



Genus Tettigonia, Geoffr. 



Teltigonia, Geoffroy, 1762, Histoire abregee, I, p. 429. 

 Tettigonidcs (part), Signoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1853, 

 p. 13. 



The most satisfactory arrangement of this huge genus 

 or collection of genera yet made is that by E. D. Ball, but 

 it only applies, unfortunately, to North American 

 forms. So little is known of the Asiatic and Australian 



