ACRIDIDJB 707 



61. CALOPTENUS SCABEB. 



Foem. Fulvus, robustus, scaber, subtus testaceus; caput et prothorax nigro 

 late bivittala ; caput breve, fastigiofusiformi ; antennae nigricantes ; 

 prothorax subcarinatus, nigricante bivittatus, margine postico fere 

 recto ; prosterni spina robusta, longiuscula, traniversa ; femora 

 postica crassa, longiuscula, abdomini tequilonga, nigro quadri- 

 plagiata ; tibice posticce testacece. 



Female. Tawny, stout, scabrous, testaceous beneath. Head and pro- 

 thorax with a broad black stripe on each side. Hind short; tip of the 

 vertex depressed, fusiform ; front with four well-defined keels, which 

 diverge towards the face. Eyes elliptical. Antennae blackish, slender, 

 tawny towards the base. Prothorax with a very slight keel, and with well- 

 defined transverse impressed lines; two exterior blackish stripes; fore 

 border and sides slightly rounded ; hind border nearly straight. Prosternal 

 spine stout, rather long, much broader than thick. Hind femora thick, as 

 long as the abdomen, with two black patches on each side ; hind tibiae tes- 

 taceous, a little shorter than the hind femora ; spines with black tips. 

 Wings rudimentary. Length of the body 10 lines. 



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



62. CALOPTENUS NEPALENSIS. 



Fcem. Testaceus, robustus; caput breve, fastigio longi-conico ; prothorax 

 subtricarinatus, subtiliter scaber, lituris duabus strigisque duabus latis 

 obliquis exterioribus nigris, margine postico perparum rotundato ; 

 prosterni spina robusta, transversa ; abdomen nigro bivittatwn ; 

 femora postica crassa. 



Female. Testaceous, stout. Head short, smooth ; tip of the vertex 

 depressed, elongate-conical; front with four well-defined keels which 

 diverge slightly towards the face. Eyes tawny, elliptical, much rounded on 

 the hind side. Prothorax finely scabrous, with a black mark extending 

 from the first transverse line to the eye, and with a more lateral broad 

 oblique black streak on each side ; disk nearly flat, with three slight keels ; 

 transverse impressed lines distinct; fore border, sides and hind border very 

 slightly rounded. Prosternal spine stout, moderately long, twice as broad 

 as thick. Abdomen with a black stripe on each side. Hind femora thick ; 

 hind tibiae a little shorter than the hind femora, their spines with black tips. 

 Wings rudimentary. Length of the body 8 lines. 



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



Australasia. 

 63. CALOPTENUS STRICTUS. 



Mas. Testaceus, gracilis ; caput breve, nigro unistrigatum, fastigio 

 hexagonali ; antennae ferruginece ; prothorax sublilissime scaber, vix 

 carinatus, margine postico valde rotundato ; prosterni spina conica, 

 acula, longiuscula ; femora postica abdomini aquilonga, nigro bifas- 

 ciata, intus rufa; tibice posticce rufce; alee anticce abdomine paullo 

 breviores. 



