ACRIDID^E. 587 



37. ACKIDIUM PARDALINOM. 



Foein. Fulvum ; caput et prothorax anticus vitta teslacea nigro-margi- 

 nata ; caput margine postico utrinqtie albido nigricante strigalo, 

 verlice antico depresso subhexagonali, fronts nigro quadrivitlata ; 

 antenna nigrce; prothorax vittis plurimis macularibus nigris; pro- 

 sterni spina acuta, longiuscula ; femora postica nigro maculata ; 

 tibice posticce viridescentes, spinis ntfis apice nigris ; alee anticce 

 cinereee, corpore vix breviores, nigricante confertim gut la tee ; alee 

 posticce nigro venosce. 



Female. Tawny. Head and fore part of the prothorax with a testa- 

 ceous irregularly black-bordered stripe. Head whitish and with oblique 

 blackish streaks between the eyes and the hind border; fore part of the 

 vertex depressed, subhexagonal ; front punctured, with four irregular black 

 stripes and with four strongly marked keels, the inner keels parallel, the 

 outer diverging towards the face. Eyes ferruginous, with brown stripes. 

 Antennae black. Prothorax scabrous, with a well-defined keel which is 

 notched by the transverse impressed lines ; numerous elongated black 

 spots which form interrupted stripes; fore border and sides slightly 

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

 rather long. Hind femora shorter than the abdomen, longer than the hind 

 tibise, with some black spots on each side. Hind tibiae greenish ; spines 

 red, with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, nearly as long as the body, 

 with numerous irregular blackish dots; veins whitish. Hind wings cine- 

 reous; veins black. Length of the body 25 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 52 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



38, ACRIDIUM VIOLASCENS. 



Mas. Fulvum; caput et prothorax testaceo univittata ; vertex antics 

 hexagonalis ; prothoracis margo posticus vix angulatus ; prosterni 

 spina crassa, oblusa; femora postica nigro guttata ; tibice posticce 

 apices versus rufescenles ; 'alee anticce cinerece, corpori cpquilongce, 

 vitta albida posticce lanceolata ; alee posticce diaphanie 1 basi pur- 

 pur ece. 



Male. Tawny, stout. Head and prothorax with a testaceous stripe ; 

 fore part of the vertex hexagonal ; front punctured, with four strongly 

 marked keels, the inner pair hardly diverging, the outer pair slightly 

 diverging towards the face. Eyes piceous, elliptical. Prothorax scabrous, 

 with a slight keel and with the usual four transverse impressed lines ; fore 

 border rounded; sides straight; hind border elongated, hardly angular. 

 Prosternal spine thick, obtuse. Hind femora a little longer than the abdo- 

 men, as long as the hind tibia?, with two rows of black dots on the outer 

 side. Hind tibia? reddish towards the tips ; spines long, black towards the 

 tips. Fore wings cinereous, as long as the body, with a whitish lanceolate 

 stripe along three- fourths of the length of the interior border from the base ; 



