Descriptions of Indian Acridide. 497 
strong, with long filiform part; their knee-lobes short, 
rounded. Hind tibiz strong, carinated throughout beneath, 
while the upper margins are entirely rounded ; armed with 
15 spines inwardly and 11 larger spines outwardly, including 
the apical spines, which are present on both sides. All tarsi 
with large pulvilh. Supra-anal plate of female very narrow 
and elongate, lanceolate ; cerci short, somewhat compressed 
laterally; subgenital plate long; valvze of ovipositor elongate, 
upper ones sinuate, the lower armed with basal tooth. 
Genotype: Tapinophyma pulvinata, sp. n. 
33. Tapinophyma pulvinata, sp. n. 
?. Antenne scarcely reaching the middle of pronotum. 
Face rugosely punctate, except frontal and facial carine; 
cheeks punctate in lower part and smooth, with irregular 
rows of fine impressed points elsewhere. Vertex and 
occiput transversely rugulose. Pronotum and pleure rugu- 
lose. 
General coloration very much recalling that of the Pale- 
arctic Chortippus pulvinatus, F. W.; yellowish grey, with a 
pale callous stripe in the scapular area, with fawn-coloured 
radial veins. Hind femora and tibiz unicolorous, the latter 
slightly bluish and rather densely haired. 
mm. 
Length of body ........ 41 
” antennze ; 75 
S BGARn nas ois 55 
»  pronotum .... 7 
45 CL VERR. /sciers « 25 
As hindfemur ., 21 
- tabla: fi 28 
The type is without precise locality-label; one paratypic 
female is from Pusa, 4.iv. 1906, on oats. 
PakACONOPHYMA, gen. nov. 
In habitus very lke the Central-Asiatic Alpine genus 
Conophyma, Zub., and undoubtedly related to it. 
Antenne filiform, of medium length. Head short, rather 
thick, with eyes large, prominent laterally. Front very 
oblique in male, less so in female; frontal ridge raised, 
gradually lowered towards clypeus, more or less impressed, 
with raised lateral carine, feebly divergent downwards. 
Fastigium of vertex reclinate, strongly sulcate, and elongate, 
with the lateral carinze extending behind the eyes, sloping 
towards the frontal ridge, with apex (seen in profile) widely 
