ACRIDID^. 677 



253 Gryllus Germanicus, Fabr. Ent. Sy&t. ii. 57. Ahrens. Germ. 

 Faun. Ins. Eur. i. pi. 14. Hahn. Icon. Orth. \. ACT. B 6 Acridium 

 Italicuin, La.tr. Hist. Nat. xii. Costa, Faun. R. Nap. 15, pi. 2, f. 2 

 Calliptamus Italicus, Serv. Hist. Orth. 693, pi. 14, f. 14. Fisch.de 

 W. Orth. Ross. 237, pi. 13, f. 3 Calliptamus marginellus, Serv, Hist. 

 Orth. 694 Caloptenus Italicus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 639. Fisch. 

 Orth. Eur. 377, pi. 15, f. 25, 26 Caloptenus Siculus, Burm. Handb. 

 Ent. ii. 639 Calliptamus erisanus, Serv. Hist. Orth. 694 Acridium 

 fasciatum, Hahn, Orth. i. ACT. B. 6 Acridium barbarum, Costa, 

 Faun. R. Nap. 13, pi. 2, f. 1. 



a. Berlin. Presented by Dr. Burmeister. 



6, c. Marseilles. Presented by Dr. Leach. 



d g. South France. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



A. Switzerland. From Mr. Lamb's collection. 



t. Polish Ukraine. Presented by Dr. Dowler. 



j. Bagdad. Presented by W. K. Loftus, Esq. 



k. Galilee, Syria. From Mr. Lowne's collection. 



/. Malta. Presented by J. Ritchie, Esq. 



m. Berlin. Presented by Dr. Burmeister. 



n p. Madeira. From Mr. Wollaston's collection. 



2. CALOPTENUS ICTERICUS. 



Calliptamus ictericus, Serv. Hist. Orth. 689 Caloptenus ictericus, Fisch. 

 Orth. Eur. 380. 



Spain. Algeria. 



N. America. 



A. Prosternal spine not oblique. 



a. Prosternal spine not transverse. - - repletus. 



b. Prosternal spine hardly transverse. - - bilituratus. 



c. Prosternal spine slightly transverse. 



* Hind tibia? red. 

 f Body piceous. 



% Fore wings longer than the abdomen. 



Hind tibia with no band. - femur-rubrum. 



Hind tibia? banded. punctulatus. 



$ Fore wings a little shorter than the abdomen. - borealis. 



|H Fore wings much shorter than the abdomen. fasciatus. 



ft Body pale yellow. - - scriptus. 



** Hind tibia? testaceous. - - extremus. 



d. Prosternal spine distinctly transverse. 



* Fore wings with markings. - - spretus. 

 ** Fore wings without markings. - arcticus. 



B. Prosternal spine oblique. 



a. Fore wings striped. - - bivittatus. 



b. Fore wings not striped. - - femoratus. 

 C. spretus has the prothorax slightly contracted in the middle, and 



has some resemblance to Acridium. C. bivittatus and C. femoratus have 

 an affinity to Heteracris, and connect that genus with Cyrtacanthacris. 



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