660 CATALOGUE OF 



slight, diverging towards the face. Eyes transverse, not oblique, straight 

 on the fore side, rounded on the hind side. Prothorax ferruginous between 

 the blackish lines, with three slight keels, and with the usual four trans- 

 verse impressed lines; some whitish calli on each side; fore border 

 straight; sides and hind border rounded. Prosternal spine pale testaceous, 

 thick, oblique, not tapering towards the tip, which is rounded. Hind 

 femora longer than the abdomen. ; hind tibiae green, testaceous and with 

 three black bands towards the base, bright rose-colour at the tips ; spines 

 while with black tips ; hind tarsi bright rose-colour. Fore wings cine- 

 reous, rather shorter than the body, with many dots which are formed 

 by black veins; veins elsewhere pale testaceous. Hind wings pellucid; 

 veins white, blackish towards the tips. Length of the body 13 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 24 lines. 



a. Cape. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



10. HETEBACRIS VIRIDIVITTA. 



Mas. Picea, gracilis, sublus testacea ; caput et prothorax fiavo bivittata, 

 lateribus teslaceis piceo unistrigatis ; fastigium fere rolundum ; an- 

 tenna basi albidce ; prothorax punctatus, tricar in alus ; prosterni 

 spina longiuscula, sat gracilis ; femora postica paliide lutea, apice 

 nigra ; tibiae posticce paliide virides ; alee antic ce paliide cinerea, 

 villa lanceolata paliide viridi, corpore breviores. 



Male. Piceous, slender, testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax 

 with two yellow stripes which extend to the hind part of the depressed and 

 nearly round tip of the vertex ; sides testaceous, each with a short piceous 

 streak. Head smooth, pale green about the mouth ; front thinly punc- 

 tured, with four strongly marked keels ; inner keels parallel ; outer keels 

 diverging very slightly towards the face. Eyes oval, ferruginous, black- 

 speckled. Antennae whitish at the base. Prothorax punctured, with a 

 slight keel, and with well-defined lateral keels ; transverse impressed 

 lines distinct ; two smooth calli on each side; fore border straight ; sides 

 and hind border rounded. Prosternal spine moderately long and slender. 

 Hind femora pale luteous, with black tips, as long as the abdomen ; hind 

 tibia3 pale green, shorter than the bind femora, their spines with black 

 tips ; hind tarsi pale green. Fore wings pale cinereous, with a lanceolate 

 pale green stripe extending along the hind border from the base, somewhat 

 shorter than the body; veins tawny. Hind wings pellucid ; veins black. 

 Length of the body 10 lines; expansion of the fore wings 17 lines. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



11. HETERACRIS PEKFICITA. 



Fojm. Fulva, gracilis ; caput et prothorax vittis duabus latis nigrisflavo 

 inter lineatis ; caput f err ugineo bivittatum,fastigio conico ; prothorax 

 tricarinatus, sublilissime scaber ; prosterni spina crassa, transversa ; 

 abdomen vittis duabus nigris abbreviatis ; femora postica e gultis 

 nigris extus bivittata, subtus ex parte rufa ; tibia posticce rufce. 



Female. Tawny, slender, yellow beneath. Head and prothorax with 

 a broad black stripe on each side ; this stripe includes a slender yellow 

 stripe near its outer border. Head elongate, smooth, conical ; vertex with 



