ACRlDID/fi. 709 



6. EPACROMIA SOCIA. 



Gomphocerus (Epacroraia) socius, Stal, Eug. Reset, 342. 

 Cape. 



7. EPACROMIA THORACICA. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput et prothorax usque ad sulcum pos/icum nigricanfia, 

 fulvo varia, caput fasligio lato subconico, sulcis lateralibus nullis ; 

 antenna nigree, basi testaceee, capite et prothorace ad unum longiores ; 

 prolhorax testaceo late fascia tux , margine postico producto angulato ; 

 femora postica extus nigro punctata, intus nigro plagiata ; alee anticce 

 plaga basali longa nigricante, guttis punclisque ex terioribus fuscis ; 

 alee posticce diaphance, albo venosce, apices versus ex parte nigro 

 venosce. 



Male. Tawny. Head and prothorax from the fore border to the hind 

 transverse furrow blackish, more or less varied with tawny. Tip of the 

 vertex broad, flat, subconical; no lateral furrows; front very slightly 

 oblique, with four slight diverging keels; inner keels continuous to the tip 

 of the vertex. Antennae black, filiform, testaceous towards the base, longer 

 than the bead and the prothorax together. Prothorax with a distinct 

 middle keel ; lateral keels hardly apparent ; a broad testaceous band ; hind 

 part elongated, angular. Four anterior legs with black bands. Hind 

 femora longer than the abdomen, with some black points on the outer side 

 and with some black patches on the inner side. Hind tibiae bright red, 

 their spines with black tips. Wings pellucid. Fore wings with an elongated 

 blackish patch near the base and with many brown dots and points; veins 

 pale testaceous, whitish on the exterior part. Costa very slightly rounded 

 near the base. Hind wings with white veins; some black veins towards 

 the tips. Length of the body 8 9 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 2022 lines. 



a, b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



8. EPACROMIA PLENA. 



Mas et foem. Fulva aut viridis ; fastigium conicum, sulcis lateralibus 

 triangularibus ; frons nigricante bistrigata ; vertex nigricante quadri- 

 strigatus ; prothorax nigricante quadrivittatus, margine postico pro- 

 ducto subangulato, vittis interioribus flavo bistrigatis, vittis exteriori- 

 bus ftavo unintrigatis ; femora postica fusco quadriplagiata ; tibice 

 posticcB rufce, basi albido fasciata ; alee anlicce pallide cinerece, villa 

 latissima abbreviata diuphano biplagiala plagaque subapicali fuscis ; 

 alee posticce diaphance, fasciis duabus interruptis fuscis. 



Male and female. Tawny or green, testaceous beneath. Tip of the 

 vertex depressed, conical ; lateral furrows triangular, very shallow; front 

 erect, with four well-defined diverging keels; inner keels connected between 

 the sockets of the antenna? ; a broad blackish streak on the exterior side of 

 each outer keel ; two blackish streaks on each side above between the eye 

 and the hind border. Antenna? filiform, as long as the head and the pro- 

 thorax together, brown for nearly half the length from the tips. Prothorax 



