556 CATALOGUE OF 



13. CYRTACANTHACRIS RANACEA. 



Gryllus (Locusta) ranaceus, Stoll, Saut. et Grill. 30, pi. 14 b. f. 33- 

 Acridium ruficorne, Serv. Hist. Orth. C43 Acridium ranaceum, Burm. 

 Handb. Enl. ii. 330. 

 There may be two species under the above name one African, the 



other Asiatic. 



a. Interior of South Africa. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 

 c e. Cape. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



/ - g. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



h. South Africa. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq, 



i. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 

 j. East Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 



k. Abyssinia. Presented by the Secretary for Indian Affairs. 



14. CYRTACANTHACRIS CITRINA. 

 Acridium citrinum, Serv. Hist. Orth. 644. 

 Senegal. 



15. CYRTACANTHACRIS RUBELLA. 

 Acridium rubellum, Serv. Hist. Orth. 645. 

 Mauritius. 

 a b. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



16. CYRTACANTHACRIS ^ERUGINOSA. 



Gryllus (Locusta) aeruginosus, Stoll, Saut. et Grill. 30, pi. 14b. f. 52 

 Acridium seruginosum, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 630. 



Isle St. Johanna. 



17. CYRTACANTHACRIS TURBIDA. 



Fcern. Sordi de fulva ; caput et prothorax dorso ferruginea, te&taceo uni- 

 viltata ; caput vertice antico subfusiformi ; prothorax margine 

 postico subangulalo ; prosterni spina pallide flavescens^ longi-conica, 

 arcuata, apice picea ; ales anticce dimidio basalt cinereo, macula sub- 

 quadrata, fasciis tribus exterioribus obliquis abbreviatis strigisque 

 duabus exterioribus longitudinalibus connexis albidis ; alee posticce 

 pallide cinerea. 



Female. Dull tawny. Head and prothorax mostly ferruginous above, 

 with a testaceous stripe. Head smooth, fore part of the vertex subfusiform ; 

 front erect, with four keels, of which the inner pair are shallower and 

 slightly diverging towards the face; outer pair more diverging. Eyes 

 piceous, elliptical. Prothorax with a slight dorsal ridge and with four 

 transverse impressed lines, of which the first is interrupted in the middle 

 and the second is abbreviated on each side; fore border slightly arched ; 

 sides nearly straight; hind border slightly angular. Prosternal spine pale 

 yellowish, stout, curved, elongate-conical, piceous at the tip. Hind femora 

 as long as the abdomen. Hind tibia3 a little shorter than the hind femora; 



