ACRIDID*:. 775 



17. EPACROMIA ASPERA. 



Mas. Ferruginea, subtus iestacea ; caput et prothorax tuberculata ; caput 

 breve^fastigio sulcisque lateralibus triangularibus ; prothorax margine 

 postico subproducto subangulato ; femora postica intus vitta lala 

 fasciaque nigris ; tibia posticce nigro bifascialce ; alee anticce cinerece, 

 spatio basalt gitltisque marginalibus exlerioribus fuscis; alee postica 

 cinerea, apice subobscuriores. 



Male. Ferruginous, testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax tuber- 

 culate. Head short; tip of the front depressed, triangular ; lateral furrows 

 broad, triangular; front erect, with four strongly-marked diverging keels; 

 inner keels continued to the tip of the vertex. Antennae black, filiform, 

 tawny towards the base, as long as the head and the prothorax together. 

 Prothorax with a distinct middle keel, which is deeply interrupted by the 

 transverse furrows; lateral keels apparent near the hind border, which is 

 slightly elongated and angular. Hind femora a little longer than the 

 abdomen, black on the inner side except towards the tips, where there is a 

 black band. Hind tibiae with two black bands; spines with black tips. 

 Fore wings cinereous, brown towards the base and with brown dots along 

 the exterior part of the costa and of the hind border. Hind wings cinereous, 

 slightly darker about the tips; veins black, whitish at the base and along 

 the interior border. Length of the body 9 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 20 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Reid's collection. 



18. EPACROMIA TURPIS. 



Mas. Ferruginea, caput et prothorax subtuberculata ; caput breve, 

 fastigio longi-conico antice coarctato, sulcis lateralibus triangulari- 

 bus ; antenna niyricante fasciatce, capite et prothorace ad unum 

 longiores ; prothorax brevis, margine postico producto angulato ; 

 femora postica inlus nigra ; tibia posticce nigra, albo bifasciala ; 

 alee anlica cinerea,fusco biplagiata, guttis marginalibus exterioribus 

 fuscescentibus et cinerascent ibus ; alee posticce diaphana, apice 

 fuscescentes, venis basiflavis. 



Male. Ferruginous. Head and prothorax slightly tuberculate. 

 Head short; tip of the vertex elongate-conical, abruptly contracted in its 

 fore part ; lateral furrows triangular, well defined ; front erect, with four 

 strongly-marked hardly-diverging keels ; inner keels continued to the tip of 

 the vertex. Antenna filiform, with blackish hands, a little longer than the 

 head and the prothorax together. Prothorax short, with a well-defined 

 middle keel which is interrupted by the two transverse furrows ; lateral 

 keels apparent towards the hind border, which is elongated and angular. 

 Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, mostly black on the inner 

 side. Hind tibia3 black, with two white bands ; spines white, their tips 

 black. Fore wings cinereous, with two large brown patches, one extending 

 to the base, the other at a little before the middle; pale brown dots and 

 pale cinereous dots alternately along the apical part of the costa and of the 

 interior border. Hind wings pellucid, brownish at the tips; reins black, 



