ACRIDID^. 703 



54. CALOPTENUS LITURIFER. 



Fcetn. Lnleus, robustus ; caput breve, nigro quadristrigatum, fastigio 

 fere liueari,fronte plaga punctisque plurimis nigris ; prothorax tri- 

 carinatns, subtilissime scaber, nigro sex-maculatus, plagis duabus 

 lateralibus subquadratis nigricantibus flavo unisignatis plagisque 

 duabus exterioribus flavis, margine postico producto vix angulato ; 

 prosterni spina crassa, transversa, apice rotundata ; femora postica 

 latissima, abdomine breviora, nigro supra trifasciata, intus univittata 

 extus strigulata ; alee antica cinerece, abdomine breviores, vitta dis- 

 coidali fusca maculas pallidas albo-venosas includente ; posticce apud 

 marginem interiorem rosea. 



Female. Luteous, stout, paler beneath. Head smooth, short; vertex 

 convex, with two lanceolate nearly connected black streaks; tip depressed, 

 nearly linear, with a keel on each "side ; front thinly punctured, with a black 

 patch, with many black points, and with four slight keels which diverge 

 towards the face ; a short black streak on each side between the eye and the 

 face. Eyes ferruginous, subelliptical, with numerous black lines, much 

 rounded on the hind side. Antennae slender, darker towards the tips. 

 Prothorax very finely scabrous ; disk flat, with three distinct keels ; three 

 triangular black spots on each side of the middle keel ; a large blackish 

 subquadrate patch including a slender oblique pale yellow callus, and a 

 more exterior pale yellow patch on each side ; fore border and sides very 

 slightly curved; hind border elongated, hardly angular. Prosternal spine 

 thick, transverse, twice broader than thick, rounded at the tip. Hind 

 femora very broad, shorter than the abdomen, with three black bands above, 

 with a broad black stripe on the inner side, and with many small black 

 streaks on the outer side ; bind tibiae rather shorter than the hind femora, 

 their spines with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, shorter than the 

 abdomen; veins tawny; a brown discoidal stripe, including some pale 

 white-veined spots, and merely indicated in the exterior part by brown 

 veins. Hind wings red, pellucid, and with black veins along the costa and 

 towards the tips. Length of the body 14 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 17 lines. 



a, b. S. Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



55. CALOPTENUS EEUBESCENS. 



Fcem. Fulvus, sat gracilis ; caput et prothorax vittis duabus latis 

 indelerminatis nigricantibus; fasligium punctatum, transverse sub- 

 ellipticum ; antenna supra patlide testacea ; prothorax subtiliter 

 punctatus, carina dorsali tenuissima, carinis lateralibus vix con- 

 spicuis ; prosterni spina subtruncata, valde incrassata ; femora 

 postica nigro trivittata, abdomine perpaullo breviora ; tibice posticce 

 pa Hide rufce ; alee anticce cinerece,fusco conspersa, basi fulvce ; alee 

 posticce basi purpurascente rosea. 



Female. Tawny, rather slender. Head and prothorax with a broad 

 indeterminate blackish stripe on each side. Head smooth, moderately 



