ACRIDIDjE. 09 1 



C. saphiripes may be distinguished from the species here described by 

 its blue tibiae, and C. melanopus by its black hind tibiae. C. pulchripes is 

 perhaps a species of Heteracris. 



30. CALOPTENDS CRIST ULIFER. 

 Calliptamus cristulifer, Serv. Hist. Orth. 692. 

 Cape. 



Var. ? Foem. Fulvus, robustut, subtus fiavescens ; caput et prothorax 

 rugulosa ; fastigium conicum ; prothorax brevis, carina incisa valde 

 determinata, margine antico sulangulato, margine postico sat angu- 

 lato ; prosterni spina crassa transversa, brevissima ; tibia posticce 

 nigricantes, vittis duabus sordide albidis ; alee antica, corpore paullo 

 breviores, costa ban subdilatata ; alee posticce rosea, nigricante late 

 marginatce. 



Var.? Female. Tawny, stout, yellowish beneath. Head and pro- 

 thorax rugulose. Head short ; tip of the vertex conical ; front with four 

 distinct keels; inner keels converging towards the face; outer keels 

 diverging. Eyes elliptical. Prothorax short, widening hindward, with a 

 prominent dorsal keel which is distinctly notched by the transverse 

 impressed lines, and with no lateral keels ; fore border slightly angular ; 

 sides slightly rounded; hind border elongated and angular. Prosternal 

 spine stout, transverse, very short. Hind femora a little longer than the 

 abdomen ; hind tibiae blackish, a liitle shorter than the hind femora, with 

 two dingy whitish bands. Fore wings a little shorter than the body ; costa 

 slightly dilated near the base. Hind wings bright rose-colour, broadly 

 blackish-bordered. Length of the body 9 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 20 lines, 

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



31. CAL OFTEN us IBIS us. 

 Calliptamus irisus, Serv. Hist. Orth. 691. 

 Cape, 

 o. ? From Mr. Walker's collection. 



32. CALOPTENUS SEMIBOSEUS. 

 Calliptamus semiroseus, Serv. Hist. Orth. 692. 

 Cape. 



Var.? Mas. Fnlvus, sat gracilis, subtus flavus; caput breve, vertice 

 fusco, fastigio longi-subquadrato, clypeo albido ; antenna lutece; pro- 

 thoracis discus fuscus, planns, carinis tribus bene deter minalis ; pro- 

 sterni spina transversa, longiuscula; pedes subpilosi, femoribus 

 posticis nigro subpunctatis intus rufescentibus, tibiis posticis rufis ; 

 alee anticte diaphance, corpore breviores, vitta informi e punctis 

 maculis plagisque cinereis fusco venosis ; alee posticce apud marginem 

 interior em rosece. 



Male. Tawny, rather slender, yellow beneath. Vertex of the head 

 and disk of the prothorax mostly brown. Head smooth, short ; tip^of the 



