ACRIDID.E. 649 



24. OXYA ? MACULA LUTEA. 



Acridium macula lulea, Haan, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Nedflnd. Bez. Ins. 159, 



pi. 21. f. 3. 

 Sumatra. 



25. OXYA GRYLLOIDES. 



Mas. Nigra, nitens, fere cylindrica ; caput el prothorax aspere punctata ; 

 caput inter antennas bicarinatum, fastigio subletragonali, maculis 

 frontalibus transversis luteis; palpi pallide lutei ; antenna corporis 

 dimidio multo longiores ; prothorax maryinibus antico et postieo 

 vittisque duabus luteis ; prosterni spina robusta, apice rufa ; pedes 

 rufi, femuribus posticis apice tibiisque posticis nigris; alee anticae 

 testacece, truncate, piceo bimttata, abdomine mullo breviores ; alee 

 postica nigricantes. 



Male. Black, shining, nearly cylindrical. Head and prothorax 

 roughly punctured. Vertex convex; its tip depressed and subtetragonal ; 

 two short keels between the antennae ; front with some transverse luteous 

 spots. Eyes red, elliptical, prominent. Palpi pale luteous. Antennae 

 slender, much more than half the length of the body. Prothorax with two 

 smooth calli on each side ; fore border, hind border and two stripes luteous ; 

 transverse impressed lines strongly marked ; fore border and sides slightly 

 rounded; hind border much rounded. Prosternal spine stout, red at the 

 tip. Abdomen piceous, slightly tapering from the base to the tip. Legs 

 red; hind femora a little shorter than the abdomen, black at the tips ; hind 

 tibiae black; hind tarsi black at the base. Fore wings testaceous, 

 truncated at the tips, much shorter than the abdomen, with two broad 

 piceous stripes, one costal, the other along the hind border. Hind wings 

 blackish, a little shorter than the fore wings ; veins black. Length of the 

 body 21 lines; expansion of the fore wings 20 lines. 



a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



26. OXYA ANTICA. 



Fcem. Fulva, fere cylindrica; caput et prothorax punctata; caput 

 prothorace paullo latius, fastigio parvo subtetragonali ; antenna atrce, 

 basi fulva, corporis dimidio multo longiores; prosterni spina robusta, 

 subtransversa ; tibia postica rufa ; alee antica truncates, abdominis 

 dimidio longiores; alee postica nigricantes. 



Female. Tawny,. shining, nearly cylindrical. Head and prothorax 

 punctured. Head a little broader than the prothorax ; vertex convex; its 

 tip small, depressed, suhtetragonal ; front with four slight keels; inner 

 keels parallel; outer keels diverging towards the face. Eyes elliptical, 

 slightly prominent. Antennae slender, deep black, tawny at the base, 

 much more than half the length of the body. Prothorax with two smooth 

 caili on each side ; transverse impressed lines strongly marked ; fore border 

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

 stout, broader than thick. Hind femora a little shorter than the abdomen ; 

 hind tibiae red ; spines black, red at the base ; hind tarsi red. Fore wings 



