South Ajrican Grasshoppers. 371 



puncturef]. Elytra extending just a little beyond the hind 

 knees ; mediastinal area occupying the basal third of the 

 fore margin, dilated in its middle, with a distinct false yein; 

 scapular area occupying a little more than three-quarters of 

 the fore margin, strongly dilated beyond its middle, witli 

 regular oblique reticulation ; externo-median area distinctly 

 dilated, the middle radial vein being slightly bisinuate; 

 discoidal area extending far beyond the middle of elytra, 

 narrow, sparsely but irregularly reticulate, with a very 

 irregular false vein interrupted in many places ; interulnar 

 area much broader than the discoidal area, with sparse 

 subparallel transverse venules. Hind femora rather slender, 

 only slightly dilated basally. Supra-anal plate rotundato- 

 triangular, slightly longer than its basal width, with 

 margins convex. Cerci straight, extending a little beyond 

 the apex of the supra-anal plate. Subgenital plate obtusely 

 conical. 



General coloration brownish. Head with a pale median 

 fascia above, which is scarcely perceptible on the pronotum. 

 Lateral lobes of the pronotum of a darker shade than its 

 disc, somewhat blackish, except the lower fourth part, which 

 is pale. Elytra hyaline, with veins brownish ; the cells in 

 the apical part with small brownish clouds. AVings hyaline, 

 with a very faint yellowish tint at the l)ase ; apex feebly 

 infumate. Hind femora on the outside unicolorous ; the 

 upper inner area with three blackish fasciie, which extend 

 also on to the upper outer area, but are there scarcely 

 perceptible ; the inside yellowish ; the lower inner area 

 orange-yellow ; the knees entirely black inside and blackish 

 with brownish lobes outside. Hind tibire brownish yellow, 

 with the base and the apical half of the spines black. 

 Abdomen reddish. 



6 (type), 

 mm. 



Length of body 14 



„ pronotum 3'5 



„ elytra ll'o 



,, hind femora 9 



Maximal width of hind femora . . 2'o 



The type is unique; it was taken at Blocmfoutcin, 

 Orange Free State, 2dt. ii. 1918. 



3. Aulacobothrus (?) crassipes, sp. n. 



^ . Of the same size but slightly more robust tliau 

 A. af'ricanus, Uvar. (Antennie in the tvpc broken). Head 



2-i* 



