CATALOGUE OF 



5. OXYA FASCIATA. 



Foem. Viridis, subpilosa^ sat yracilis, fere cylindrica ; caput et prothorax 

 rufo varia, dense punctata ; caput breve, f as tiyio subconico ; prothorax 

 breviusculus, non carinatus, marline antico vix inciso; prosterni 

 spina crassa, obtusa ; abdomen nigrum, luteo fasciatum ; femora 

 postica extus luteo viltata, intus rufa ; ales anticce abdomine mutlo 

 breviores ; alts posticce nigree. 



Female. Green, thinly pilose, rather slender, ne.nly cylindrical. 

 Head and protborax partly red, thickly and minutely punctured. Head 

 short ; tip of the vertex somewhat conical ; front with four distinct keels ; 

 inner keels slightly approaching each other in front of the antennae, 

 parallel from thence towards the border of the front, which they do not 

 reach; outer keels diverging towards the face. Eyes brown, elliptical, 

 oblique, raiher prominent, with several luteous spots. Prothorax rather 

 short, not keeled; transverse impressed lines very distinct; fore border 

 slightly rouuded, hardly notched in the middle; hind border much 

 rounded. Prosternal spine thick, moderately long, obtuse at the lip. 

 Abdomen black, with irregular luteous bauds. Hind femora much shorter 

 than the abdomen, bright red on the inner side, bordered with luteous ou 

 the outer side; hind tibiae a little shorter than the hind femora, their spines 

 black towards the tips. Wings much shorter than the abdomen. Hind 

 wings black. Length of the body 19 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 21 lines. 



a, Madagascar. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



South Asia. 

 6. OXYA FURCIFERA. 



Acridium (Oxya) furcifer, Serv. Hist. Orth. 677 Gryllus Banian ? Fabr. 

 Ent. Sysi. Suppl. 194. 



Bombay. 



a, b. S. Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 

 c. Amoy, China. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



7. OXYA CONCOLOR. 



Mas. Textacea, satgracilis (mas) ant sat robusla (fata.), fere cylindrica ; 

 caput longiusculum, fastiyio transverso arcuato ; antennte niyrce, 

 longce, tcstaceo fascia/a ; prothorux subliliter punctatus^ vix carinalu*, 

 maryine postico subproducto vix anyulato ; prosterni spina yracilis y 

 acuta ; tibice postica basi apiceque niyro uotutce; alee anticce albidce, 

 testaceo pallido venosce, abdomine longiores. 



Male and female. Testaceous, shining, rather slender in the male, 

 rather stout in the female, nearly cylindrical. Head smooth, raiher long; 

 tip o( the vertex transverse, arched, divided from the hind part by a curved 

 furrow; front with lour well-defined keels; innei keels slightly diverging 

 towards the face; outer keels more diverging. Eyes livid, elliptical, 

 slightly convex and oblique. Antennas black, long, slender, testaceous 



