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Var.P Green, slightly pilose. Head smooth ; vertex convex ; fore 

 part flat, subhexagonal ; front thinly punclured, with four distinct keels, 

 the inner pair parallel, the outer pair diverging towards the face. Eyes 

 tawny, elliptical, with hlack lines. Antennae whitish yellow. Protborax 

 scabrous, with a dorsal ridge and with four transverse impressed lines; two 

 irregular and interrupted purple stripes, which are dilated on the fore border 

 and on the hinder; fore border slightly rounded; sides nearly straight; 

 hind border much rounded. Prnsternal spine thick, extending to the fore 

 border of the mesosiernum. Hind femora shorter than the abdomen. 

 Hind tibia3 shorter than tbe hind femora; spines white, with black tips, a 

 litlle longer on the inner side. Fore wings cinereous, a litile longer than 

 the abdomen ; veins tawny. Hind wings pellucid ; veins black, pale testa- 

 ceous towards the base. Length of the body 27 lines ; expansion of the 

 fore wings 46 lines. 



c. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



South Asia, 

 29. CYRTACANTHACRIS FLAVICORNIS. 



Gryllus flavicornis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 52, 225. Thunb. Acridium 

 roseum, Deg. Ins. iii. 488, pi. 41, f. 1 Acridium flavicorne, Serv. Hist. 

 Orth. 645. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 629 Gryllus (Locusta) roseus, 

 Stall, Saut. et Grill, ii. pi. 4 b. f. 12, 13. 



a. Silhet. From the Rev. Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



b. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



c. d. China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



30. CYKTACANTHACRIS FUSILINEA. 



Fcem. Teslacea; vertex antice depressus, hexagonalis ; prosterni spina 

 recta, obliqua, mesosternum non attingens ; alee anticce cinerece, 

 longissimce, basi teslacete, strigis maculisque ferrugineis antemediis, 

 lituris minoribus postmediis fuscis nigro venosis ; alte posticce 

 diaphana, costa exterior e fulvescente. 



Female. Testaceous. Head smooth ; vertex depressed and hexagonal 

 in front; front thinly punctured, the inner keels shallower and slighily 

 diverging towards the face, the ouier keels more diverging. Eyes ellip- 

 tical. Prothorax finely scabrous, with the usual four transverse impressed 

 lines and with a very slight dorsal ridge; fore border and hind border much 

 rounded, the former slightly notched in the middle ; sides slightly rounded. 

 Prosternal spine straight, oblique, moderately stout, not extending to the 

 fore border of the mesosternum. Hind femora longer than the abdomen. 

 Hind tibiae shorter than the hind femora ; spines with black tips, longest 

 on the inner side. Wings longer than the body. Fore wings cinereous, 

 testaceous towards the base; veins testaceous or red ; a few ferruginous 

 streaks and spots towards the base, and a few exterior and smaller brown 

 marks in which the veins are partly black. Hind wings pellucid, will) a 



