676 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 32. LEPTACRIS. 



Fcem. Corpore gracillimum, fere cyliudricum. Caput productum ; 

 fastigium carinatum, longi-conicum ; frons scabra, valde retracta, quadri- 

 carinata. Oculi obliqui, non prominuli. Antennas graciles, capiti et pro- 

 thoraci sequilongae. Prothorax scaber, liuearis, vix carinatus. Prosterni 

 spina sat gracilis, subcompressa, obtusa. Abdomen longissiraum, sub- 

 compressum, prothorace quadruple longius. Oviductus longus, lanceo- 

 latus. Pedes graciles; tibia3 postica? spinis brevissimis. Alse antics 

 angustae, abdomine vix breviores. 



Female. Body very slender, nearly cylindrical. Head long ; vertex 

 nearly smooth ; its tip depressed, keeled, elongate-conical; front scabrous, 

 much retracted, with four keels which diverge much towards the face, the 

 inner keels more distinctly marked than the outer pair. Eyes oval, oblique, 

 not prominent. Antennae slender, as long as the head and the prothorax 

 together. Prothorax scabrous, linear; keel very slight; transverse 

 impressed lines slight ; fore border very slightly rounded ; sides straight ; 

 hind border much rounded. Prosternal spine rather slender, slightly 

 compressed, obtuse at the tip. Abdomen very long, slightly compressed, 

 full four times the length of the prothorax. Oviduct long, lanceolate. 

 Legs slender; hind femora more than half the length of the abdomen; 

 hind tibiaB much shorter than the hind femora, their spines very short. 

 Fore wings narrow, nearly as long as the abdomen. 



1. LEPTACRIS FILIFORMIS. 



From. Pallide testacea ; caput et prothorax albo bivittata; alee antica 

 vitrea;, basi pallide testacece. 



Female. Pale testaceous. Head and thorax with a white stripe on 

 each side. Eyes tawny, with brown longitudinal lines. Fore wings 

 pellucid except towards the base; veins pale testaceous. Hind wings 

 pellucid; veins black, pale testaceous along the costa and at the base 

 and along the interior border. Length of the body 29 lines ; expansion 

 of the fore wings 39 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



Genus 33. CALOPTENUS. 



Gryllus, Z/inn., Stoll, Fabr., Scopoli, Charp., Ramb. Acridium, Oliv., 

 Latr., Deg., Costa, Brultt. Calliptamus, Serv. Fisch. de W. 

 Caloptenus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. Fisch. Orth. Eur. 375. 



Europe. 

 1. CALOPTENUS ITALICUS. 



, Roes, Ins. Loc. ii. pi. 21, f. 6. Schcejf. Icon. Ins. Rat. i. pi. 27 



Gryllus (Locusta) Italicus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 701. Stoll, Saut. et 

 Grill, pi. 12 b., f. 43. Scop. Faun. Cam. 110. Charp. Hor. Ent. 

 135 Gryllus Italicus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 57. Germ. Iter. Dalm. 



