710 CATALOGUE OF 



68. CALOPTENUS LUTESCENS. 



Foem. Sordide luteus, sat robustus ; caput et prothorax luteo pallido 

 univittata ; caput lonyiusculum, nigro bistrigatum, fastigio brevi- 

 conico vix hexagonali ; prothorax subtricarinatus, subtililer scaber, 

 luteo pallido bip(agiatus,foveolis transversis nigris, margine postico 

 rotundato ; prosterni spina conica, brevis, sat gracilis ; femora postica 

 abdomini cequilonga, supra et extits nigro notata ; tibia postica 

 rufescentes, spinis pallide flavis apice nigris ; alee anticce cinerece, 

 fusco notatce, corpore multo breviores, venis albido luteo et nigricantc 

 variis. 



Female. Dingy luteous, rather stout. Head and prothorax with a 

 slender pale luteous stripe. Head smooth ; tip of the vertex short-conical, 

 inclining to a hexagonal shape; front with four well-defined keels which 

 diverge towards the face; a black streak proceeding from each eye to the 

 face. Eyes subellipt'cal, much rounded on the hind side. Prolhorax 

 finely scabrous ; disk nearly flat, with three slight keels ; lateral keels 

 curved inward in front ; transverse impressed lines distinct, mostly black ; 

 a pale luteous patch on each side ; fore border nearly straight ; sides 

 slightly rounded ; hind border more rounded. Prosternal spine conical, 

 short, rather slender. Hind femora as loug as the abdomen, with some 

 irregular black marks above and on the outer side; hind tibiae reddish, 

 shorter than the hind femora; spines pale yellow, their tips black. Fore 

 wings cinereous, much shorter than the body, with many irregular brown 

 marks; veins whitish, here and there luteous, or brown, or blackish. Hind 

 wings pellucid ; veins black, pale yellow towards the base and towards the 

 interior border. Length of the body 15 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 26 lines. 



This species has some affinity to the genus Heteracris. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



New Zealand. 



69. CALOPTENUS MARGINALIS. 



Mas. Fulvus, robustus; caput et prothorax vittis duabus nigris albo 

 marginatis ; caput breve, fastigio pentagonali ; antenna apices versus 

 picea ; prothorax subtilissime scaber, vix tricarinatus, guttis anticis 

 et posticis strigisque duabus nigris, margine postico subproducto valde 

 rotundalo ; prosterni spina longa, conica, subtransversa ; abdomen 

 nigro late bivittatum ; femora postica abdomine longiora ; tibia 

 postica viridi-flava. Var /3. Ferrugineus, subtus fulvus, vittis 

 minus determinatis ; femora postica extus nigro notata; tibia postica: 

 testacece. 



Male. Tawny, stout. Head and prothorax with two irregular black 

 stripes which are concisely bordered with white on the inner side and are 

 diffuse on the outer side. Head short, smooth ; vertex convex ; tip flat, 

 pentagonal ; front thinly punctured, with four well-defined keels which 

 diverge towards the face. Eyes testaceous, subelliptical, much rounded 



