ACRID1D,E. 77 L 



postica extus nigricante unistrigata, intus nigricante bifasciata ; 

 tibite posticce fuscce, albido bifasciatce ; alee anticce cinerete, plagis 

 duabus obscure fuscis, plagis tribus exterioribus pallide fuscis, guttis 

 marginalibus nigris ; alee posticce diaphance, nigricante lato marginatce, 

 basi pallide flavce. 



Male. Tawny. Head with seven black streaks extending to the hind 

 border and with some black spots on the vertex ; two whitish streaks on 

 each side, the outer pair extending along the sides of the prolhorax ; tip of 

 the vertex depressed, elongate-conical; lateral furrows broad, triangular ; 

 front erect, with some black dots and with four strongly-marked diverging 

 keels ; inner keels continuous to the tip of the vertex. Antennae blackish, 

 slightly flattened, with some dingy tawny bands. Prothorax short, with a 

 slight middle keel and with distinct transverse furrows; a few tubercles; 

 four very irregular black stripes; hind border elongated, angular. Pectus 

 with a few black spots. Abdomen with four rows of black dots beneath. 

 Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, with a broad blackish streak 

 on the outer side, with two irregular blackish bands on the inner side, and 

 with a few black dots beneath ; hind tibia? brown, with two whitish bands; 

 spines with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, with two dark brown patches 

 and with three exterior pale brown patches ; a row of black dots along the 

 hind border and along the exterior part of the costa ; costa slightly rounded 

 near the base. Hind wings pellucid, broadly blackish and with black veins 

 along the exterior border, pale yellow and with bright yellow veins towards 

 the base. Length of the body 7 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 16 lines. 



o. West Africa. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



11 EPACROMIA CALIGINOSA. 



Acridium (CEdipoda) caliginosum, Haan, Verz. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 

 161, pi. 21, f. 11. 



Var. ? Mas. Ferruginea ; caput nigricante quadristrigalum, fasligio 

 truncato-conico, sulcis lateralibus latis triangularibus ; prothorax 

 tuberculatus, nigricante biplagiatus, margine postico producto ungu- 

 late ; femora postica intus nigra ; tibia posticce nigricantes, fulvo 

 bifasciatce ; alee anticce cinereo-fuscce,fasciis duabus obscure fuscis ; 

 alee posticce obscure cinerece, apice fuscescentes. 



Male. Ferruginous. Head with two blackish streaks on each side 

 between the eye and the hind border; tip of the vertex depressed, truncate- 

 conical ; lateral furrows broad, triangular; front erect, with four well-defined 

 slightly diverging keels; inner keels continuous to the tip of the vertex. 

 Prothorax with several tubercles and with a distinct middle keel ; lateral 

 keels apparent between the hind border and the hindmost transverse furrow, 

 where they diverge; a blackish patch on each side; hind border elongated, 

 angular. Hind femora mostly black on the inner side, a little longer than 

 the abdomen. Hind tibiaB blackish, with a tawny band near the base and 

 another beyond the middle; spines tawny, with black tips. Fore wings 

 cinereous-brown, with two irregular dark brown bands, the first extending 

 to the base; costa slightly rounded near the base. Hind wings dark cine- 

 reous, brownish at the tips ; veins black, tawny at the base and along the 



