642 CATALOGUE OF 



1. APALACRIS VARICORNIS. 



Mas. Fulva ; antenna nigra, basi fulva, apice albida ; femora postica 

 supra nigro bifasciala ; alee anlicce cinerea. 



Male. Tawny. Eyes lurid. Antennae black, tawny towards the 

 base, whitish at the tips. Hind femora with two irregular black bunds 

 above. Wings cinereous. Fore wings \viih tawny veins. Hind wings 

 with black veins. Length of the body 8 lines; expansion of ihe fore wings 

 18 lines. 



a. N. Hindustan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



Genus 15. ABRACBIS. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Caput breviusculum ; fastigium planum, 

 rhomboideum ; frons subretracta. Oculi prominuli, valde approxitnali. 

 Antennae filiformes, graciles, capite et prolhorace ad unum raulto longiores. 

 Prothorax subcarinatus, subtiliter scaber, postice sublalescens; discus fere 

 planus. Prosterni spina gracilis, obliqua, acuta. Femora postica latius- 

 cula, abdomine paullo longiora. Ala3 antica? corpori aequilongae. 



Male. Body rather slender. Head smooth, rather short; tips of the 

 vertex flat, quadrilateral, broadest in front; front slightly retracted ; keels 

 distinct; inner keels nearly parallel; outer keels diverging towards the 

 face. Eyes elliptical, prominent, nearly contiguous on the vertex. Antennas 

 filiform, slender, much longer than the head and the prolhorax together. 

 Prothorax finely scabrous, slightly widening hind ward; disk nearly flat, 

 with a very slight keel and with slight transverse impressed lines; fore 

 border and sides slightly rounded ; hind border much rounded. Prosternal 

 spine slender, oblique, acute. Hind femora rather broad, a little longer 

 than the abdomen ; hind tibiae much shorter than the hind femora. Fore 

 wings as long as the body. 



This genus has some affinity to Heteracris and to Caloptenus. 



1. ABRACRIS DILECTA. 



Mas. Lutescens ; antenna fulva; prolhorax ferntgineo trivittatus ; 

 femora postico nigro bifasciata; tibia postica glauca, basi albida; 

 alee antiva cinerea; alee postica venis basi glaucis. 



Male. Dull luleous. Eyes ferruginous. Antennas tawny. Pro- 

 thorax with three irregular ferruginous stripes. Hind femora with two 

 irregular black bands above; hind tibiae glaucous-green, whitish towards 

 the base ; spines whitish, their tips black. Fore wings cinereous: veins 

 lawny; costa slightly rounded near the base. Hind wings pellucid; veins 

 black, glaucous-green towards the base and along the interior border. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; expansion of the fore wings 18 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 16. EUPROPACRIS. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Caput subascendens; fastigium sub- 

 excavatum, subhexagonale. Oculi subprominuli. Antennae capite et 



