South African Grasshoppers.' 



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All records of the latter species from South Africa luiist l)c 

 referred to O. gracilis^ which is very widely distributed in 

 that eouutrv and known to nie from many localities. 



BrainiAj ^en. nov. 



Sli^^litly reminding in its general appearance of a 

 Sphiii(/o>io(iis, but diHcring from it strongly in many im- 

 poi'tiint characters. 



Antenuie short, filiform. Face slightly rcclinatc, convex. 

 Frontal I'idge in profile regularly convex in its upper part, 

 l)ractically straight in the rest, very little projecting, almost 

 flat, but with the margins distinctly incrassate. Fastigium 

 of the vertex strongly sloping, in profile regularly rounded, 

 gradually running into the frontal ridge, without any mar- 

 ginal carinas ; its surface perfectly flat, without a median 

 carina ; the distance between tlie eyes twice as broad as the 

 frontal ridge in its broadest portion, which is just above 



Fiff. 2. 



- Brainia hirsuta, gen. et sp. n. 



the ocellus. Occiput regularly convex. Pronotum rela- 

 tively broad and short, with a feeble constriction before the 

 middle ; its disc slightly convex in the prozona and practically 

 flat in the metazona; the transverse sulci distinct, but not 

 deep, complicatcly curved (see fig. 2) ; the fore margin of 

 the pronotum envelops the occiput like a collar, obtusangu- 

 lately excised in the middle, with two ronnd lobes sideways 

 from the emargination ; the hind margin obtusangular, with 

 the apical angle not at all rounded and the sides straight ; 

 no trace of median or lateral keels ; lateral lobes of the 



