572 CATALOGUE OF 



wings paler ; reins black. Lenglh of the body 21 lines ; expansion of ibe 

 fore wings 42 lines. 



It has much affinity to C. plajiata, but the prosternal spine is 

 stouter. 



a. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



Country unknown. 

 44. CYRTACANTHACRIS APPROXIMANS. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput vittis duabus strigisque quatuor obliquis nigris, 

 vertice antico depresso subhexagonali, fronte carinis duabus inter- 

 mediis antice obsoletis ; antenna lutece, apices versus nigricantes; 

 prothorax vittis sex postice abbreviatis duabusque integris nigris ; 

 femora postica nigro punclata et bistrigata; alee anticte cinerece 

 fasciis indelerminatis maculisque nonnullis obscurioribus nigro- 

 venosis ; ala postica pallide cinerece. 



Male. Tawny. Head thinly and minutely punctured; vertex 

 smooth, with two black stripes which extend from the hind border to the 

 fore part, the latter depressed and slightly hexagonal ; on each side two 

 oblique black streaks, one extending behind the eye to the hind border, the 

 other extending from the eye lo the mouth; front nearly erect, with four 

 keels, of which the inner pair disappear towards the face. Eyes ferru- 

 ginous, fusiform. Antennae luteous, blackish for half the length from the 

 tips. Prothorax finely scabrous, with a slight middle ridge and with four 

 transverse impressed lines, of which the foremost is widely interrupted in 

 the middle ; eight black stripes, the inner pair complete, the other six much 

 abbreviated hind ward ; fore border and sides slightly rounded ; hind border 

 much rounded. Prosternal spine elongate-conical, very slightly curved, 

 extending to the mesosternum. Hind femora as long as the abdomen, with 

 some black points and with two black streaks above; hind tibiae a little 

 shorter, their spines with black tips, those on the inner side a little longer 

 than those on the outer side. Fore wings cinereous, with several dark 

 cinereous spots, a few of which form irregular oblique bands ; some blackish 

 spots towards the base and some smaller blackish spots along the costa ; 

 veins black in the spots. Hind wings pale cinereous, longer than the 

 abdomen ; veins black, whitish towards the base. Length of the body 24 

 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 58 lines. 



The uncoloured hind wings distinguish it from C. Americana, to which 

 it has much affinity. 

 a .? 



45. CYRTACANTHACRIS INTEREUPTA. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput et prothorax pallide univittata; caput vertice antico 

 subhexagonali, vitta albo binotata, strigis duabus lateralibus nigris 

 lanceolatis ; prothorax vitta nigricante submarginata, vittis duabus 

 flavis duabusque nigricantibus lateralibus abbreviatis, vittis duabus 

 adhuc exterioribus flavis, margine postico subtruncato ; prosterni 

 spina robusta, subarcuata ; femora postica nigro vittata ; alee anticce 

 punctis maculis strigisque plurimis e xenis nigris ; alee postica 

 diaphana, venis basi cceruleo-albis. 



