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metanotum white ; lateral margins of abdomen with a narrow 

 white fascia, inwardly testaceous and outwardly black. Wings 

 quite rudimentary and greenish ochraceous. 



Anterior femora a little longer in length than head and 

 pronotum together and armed with ten spines on each side ; 

 anterior tibiae with eight spines on each side; intermediate 

 femora with nine spines on inner under margin, and ten 

 shorter spines on outer under margin ; intermediate tibiae 

 with ten or eleven spines on each side ; posterior femora with 

 a double series of short spines beneath, but not reaching 

 apical area. 



Long, from apex of head to apex of ovipositor 76 millim. ; 

 pronot. 7; head 5; ovipositor 28; ant. femora 13; post, 

 femora 38. Pretoria. 



Differs from H. hastata, the only other described species of 

 the genus, both as regards the different markings and the pro- 

 portional measurements. 



Fam. ACRIDIID^E. 



Acrida nasuta, Linn. Pretoria. 



Acrida turrita, Linn., var. calceata, Sauss. Pretoria. 



Mesops abbreviatus, Pal. Beauv. Zoutpansberg. 



Parga gracilis, Burm. Pretoria. 



Phymateus leprosus, Fabr. Pretoria. 



Phymateus morbillosus, Linn. Pretoria. 



Phymateus squarrosus, Linn. Pretoria. 



Ochrophlebia ligneola, Serv. Pretoria. 



Maura rubro-ornata, Stal. Pretoria. 



Taphronota porosa, Stal. Pretoria. 



Petasia spumans, Thunb. Pretoria. 



, var. ater, Dist. (Tab. IV. fig. 3.) 



Black; anterior and posterior margins of thorax above, 

 interior area of wings, basal halves of anterior and interme- 

 diate femora, tibiae excluding bases and apices, tarsi excluding 

 apices, and the palpi bright coralline red. Pretoria. 



Porthetis cinerascens, Stal. Pretoria. 



Porthetis griseus, Serv. Pretoria. 



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