574 CATALOGUE OF 



47. CVRTACANTHACRIS PULCHELLA. 



Mas. Testacea; vertex antice planus, subhexagonalis ; prothorax nigro 

 late bivitlatus, margine postico extenso rolundalo ; proslerni spina 

 crassa, subarcuata, mesosternum fere attinyens ; femora postica nigro 

 bimaculata ; genua pontica albo notata ; alee anticat pallide cinerece, 

 maculis punclisque plurimis fuscescenlibus ; alee posticcs spatio 

 basalt ochraceo. 



Male. Testaceous. Head smooth ; fore part of the vertex flat, sub- 

 hexagonal ; front punctured, with four slight keels; the inner keels 

 parallel, wide apart ; the outer keels slightly diverging towards the face. 

 Eyes elliptical. Prothorax very minutely scabrous, widening towards the 

 hind border; the usual four transverse impressed lines and a very slight 

 dorsal keel; a broad black stripe on each side; fore border and sides 

 slightly rounded ; hind border elongated, much rounded. Prosternal spine 

 thick, oblique, slightly curved, extending nearly to the mesosternum. 

 Hind femora as long as the abdomen, longer than the hind tibiae, with two 

 large black spots ; sockets of the hind tibiae partly black, the lamina on the 

 outer side while; spines of the hind tibiae with black tips. Fore wings pale 

 cinereous, a little shorter than the body; many brownish antemedial spots 

 and points; many of the pobtrnedial transverse sectors clouded with brown. 

 Hind wings pellucid, with an orange tin;e towards the base; veins orange ; 

 transverse postmedial sectors black. Length of the body 18 lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 36 lines. 



a. Hiudostau? From Mr. Foxcioft's collection. 



48. CYRTACANTHACRIS ? RUFITIBIA. 



Acrydium rufitibia, Walk. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3rd Ser. iv. 223. 

 a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templelon. 



The three following species appear to be on the limits which separate 

 Cyrtacanthacris from Acridiuw, and have also some affinity to 

 Caloptenus. 



49. CYRTACANTHACRIS NOTATA. 



Fcem. Pallide flava ; capul et prothorax fusco late univittata ; vertex 

 antice planus, subrotnndalus ; antenna picece, basi fulvce ; protkorax 

 subtricarinatus ; prosterni spina crassa, latissima, mesosternum non 

 altinyens ; femora postica nigro nolata et bifasciata ; tibia; posticce 

 apices versus rufescentes, nigro bifasciata; alee anlicce cinerece, 

 corpore breviores, maculis yuttisque plurimis nigro-venosis ; alie pos- 

 lica diaphancc, nigro venosce. 



Female. Pale yellow. Head and prothorax with a broad brown 

 stripe; sides dingy )ellow. Head smooth; fore part of the vertex flat, 

 nearly round ; front with four indistinct keels. Eyes tawny, elliptical, with 

 several l.rown lines and at the upper end with one transverse brown line. 

 Antennae piceous, tawny at the base. Prothorax minutely punctured, with 



