550 On South African Grasshoppers. 
margin of the disc rounded ; its hind margin very obtusely 
rounded; lateral lobes distinctly longer than high, with 
irregular longitudinal rugosities throughout, except at the 
upper third, which is rather smooth, not shining; the lower 
margin is very obtusely angulate in the middle; the fore 
angle is obtuse, not rounded ; the hind angle a little less 
than 90°, slightly attenuate, very feebly rounded ; the hind 
margin distinctly concave and uneven. Prosternum slightly 
convex. Mesosternum and metasternum sparsely but coarsely 
punctured; mesosternal lobes slightly broader than long, 
strongly rounded at the interior margins ; their interspace 
a little longer than broad, widened anteriorly and posteriorly ; 
metasternal lobes distinctly separated from each other. 
Elytra reaching just a little beyond the middle of the abdo- 
men, with the apex pointed. Hind femora extending well 
beyond the apex of the abdomen, narrow ; the outer upper 
keel slightly prolonged, the inner upper one more so; the 
knee-lobes short, narrow, triangular, rounded apically. 
Abdomen coarsely punctured throughout, especially on the 
sides and towards the end. Supra-anal plate obtusely 
triangular, longer than broad, with two parallel obtuse 
carinze along the middle, slightly convergent behind. Cerci 
straight, round, about as long as tle supra-anal plate. 
Subgenital plate very coarsely punctured, about twice as 
long as the basal width, slightly attenuate, with the apex 
obtuse. 
General coloration blackish brown. Head and antenne 
black; the apical half of the latter brown ; the cheeks with 
a whitish stripe running backwards across the lower third 
of the pronotal lobes and the pleuree. Pronotum brown. 
Elytra of a lighter shade, with a narrow whitish callous 
stripe in the scapular field ; the mediastinal and the discoidal 
areas darker than the rest of the elytra. Hind femora 
brown, darker below than on the upper side, gradually 
darkened towards the knees, which are almost black. Wings 
orange-yellow, with the apex infumate. Hind tibiz blackish. 
Pectus and abdomen brownish yellow beneath. 
2 (paratype). Antenne shorter than in the male, with 
the outer angles of the joints 3-8 very feebly produced. 
Mesosternal interspace about as long as broad ; metasternal 
lobes widely separated. General coloration of a lighter 
shade than in the male; the lateral fascia on the head, 
pronotum, and pleure buff, mstead of white ; the scapular 
callous fascia of the elytra dirty yellow. Hind tibia dark 
grey. 
