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angle with the frontal fastigium. Subgenital lamina of male 
without free styles, but deeply cleft. Old World species. There 
are two genera, one with four, the other with two species. 
Genus Duceria, Stdl. (ibid). 
Foramina open on both sides, somewhat narrowed. Fore 
tibiz suleate and spinulose above, appearing as if divided laterally 
at the base. Femora spined below. 
Ducetia Japonica, Thunberg (ibid, fig. 16). 
Elytra somewhat acuminate. Radial and ulnar areas with 
few venules. Fore margin of wings almost straight, with 
triangular area near apex. 
Male Female 
Length of body ... soiled 10 1 20 mm. 
Length of pronotum ... 4 * 45 1% 
Length of elytra eRe § 20: Nee 
Width of elytra... Bipa 5 
Length of hind femora... 22 « 22 ie 
Length of ovipositor ... — * 6. ee 
Habitat.— Queensland, India, Ceylon, Philippine Is., Japan. 
B. Group ACRIDOPEZA (Br. Mon. 1, 139). 
Vertex very much inclined, elongate, fastigium not forming 
any angle with the front, or scarcely conspicuous, laminately and 
horizontally produced. Pronotum short, embracing the head. 
Palpi slender. Femora slender all round. 
Genus AcrIDOoPEZA, Gaérin (ibid). 
Elytra of the male rather large, of the female short and very 
much arched; latter without wings. Male without free styles. 
Ovipositor of female extremely short, valves free, smooth. Mono- 
typic. 
ACRIDOPEZA RETICULATA, Guérin (ibid, fig. 33). 
Brownish. Head paler, spotted with blackish. Antenne 
black, with narrow pale-testaceous bands. Elytra of male 
brownish, marbled, paler and darker, the veins partly blackish ; 
those of the female with one larger and one or two smaller black 
spots, also the portion of the right elytron, covered at rest by the 
left, which is deep shining-black. Legs (except base of tibie 
and the tarsi, which are black) testaceous, banded with black. 
Abdomen black, the covered parts of the segments, also the whole 
underside of the female, bright crimson, posterior margins with 
bright blue guttz, the blue fading after death ; of the male the 
same parts of segments, brownish-testaceous, the guttee whitish. 
