ACRIDJOB. 615 



Australasia, 



A. Fore wings not shorter than the body. 



a. Hind wings colourless. - illepida 



b. Hind wings coloured. 



* Body stout. - - - fortis. 

 ** Body slender. 



f Hind wings yellow. - - nana. 



ft Hind wings lurid. - - ferrina. 



B. Fore wings shorter than the body. - - nigrovaria. 



The tendency of this species to the Caloptenus-type is more slight 

 than that of the African form before mentioned. 



CYRTACANTHACBIS ILLEPIDA. 

 parvula, page 567. Nomen bis lectum. 

 a d. Aneiteum, New Hebrides. 

 North Hebrides by a misprint in page 568. 



Australia. 



A. Hind wings blue at the base. - basalig. 



B. Hind wings not blue at the base. 



a. Prothorax with no pale dorsal stripe. 



* Spines of the hind tibiae red. 



t Prothorax deflexed on each side of the keel. irregularis. 



ff Prothorax with a nearly flat disk. - nanula and rubiginosa. 



The prothorax of C. nanula widens more abruptly than that of 



C. rubiginosa towards the hind border, its proslernal spine is a little more 

 slender, and its hind femora have two black spots on the outer side. 



** Spines of the hind tibiae whitish. - - sparsa. 



b. Prothorax with a pale dorsal stripe. 



* Hind border of the protborax much rounded. 



f Spines of the hind tibiae yellow. - imitatrix. 

 ff Spines of the hind tibiae white. 



J Stripe of the prothorax narrow. guttulosa. 



JJ Stripe of the prothorax moderately broad. - exacta. 



** Hiud border of the prothorax hardly angular. plagiata. 



CYRTACANTHACBIS BUBIGINOSA. 



Fcem. Ferrugineo-fulva, gracilis ; prothorax subcarinatus, subtiliter 

 scaber ; prolhoracis spina crassa obliqua, oblusa, mesosternnm fere 

 attingens ; prosterni spina crassa, obiiqua, obtuaa, mesoslernum fere 

 attingens ; femora postica intus niyro bimaculata ; alee anticce 

 cinerece, corpora pautlo breviores, striga discoidali antemedia vcnulis- 

 que Iransversis niyricanlibus. 



Female. Ferruginous-tawny, slender. Head smooth ; vertex narrow 

 between the eyes, tip hexagonal; front slightly punctured, with four well- 



