South African Grasshoppprs. 541 



area extending a little beyond the apex of the scapnlar area, 

 in tlie apical half dilated and jjarallel, witli sparse transverse 

 vcinlets ; discoulal area rather broad, extending over the 

 basal two-thirds of elytra, almost parallel-sided, only slightly 

 narrowed and recnrved apical ly, s[)arsely reticnlate, with 

 one row of irregular cells ; interulnar area distinctly more 

 narrow than the discoidal area, sjiarsely but irregularly 

 reticulate, with only one row of cells ; the apical part of 

 elytra verj' sparsely reticulate. 



General coloration pale greyish buff. Head with a very 

 feeble greyish longitudinal fascia above, and with broad, 

 shining, black, postocul.ir fasciae widened posteriorly. Pro- 

 notum nnicolorous on the upper side ; lateral lobes velvety- 

 castaneous in the upper half and of the general colour 

 below, the boundary between the two colours being very 

 indefinite ; the callosities on the lateral lobes are pale. 

 Elytra hyaline, with the veins ochraceous ; the discoidal 

 area with indefinite and scarcely distinct grey spots. Wings 

 infuniate at the apex. Front and middle legs ochraceous 

 with several indistinct grey bands. Hind femora with two 

 oblique grey fasciae on the upper side, extending on to the 

 inside as well ; the outer face of the general colour, with a 

 few grey streaks along the lower margin ; the knees greyish 

 brown. Hind tibite pale greyish, with the spines brown 

 apically. Abdomen yellowish beneath and slightly rufous 

 on the sides. 



? (paratype). Differs from tlie male in the following 

 characters : — Antenna? not reaching the hind margin of the 

 j)ronotum. Frontal ridge below the ocellum scarcely sulcate, 

 punctured. Elytra with the scapular area less widened than 

 in the male, but regularly reticulate ; the discoidal and 

 interulnar areas subequal in width, sparsely reticulate, with 

 two rows of cells, scjjarated by irregular false veins. General 

 coloration paler, and therefore the markings on the lateral 

 lobes of the pronotum are better defined. Hind tibi;e 

 greyish. Abdomen not rufous on the sides. 



6 (type). $ (paratype). 

 mm. mm. 



LeDgth of body 11 16 



„ pronotum 25 .3 



„ elytra 8 10 



„ hind femora .... 7'o 9 



The type and eight paratypic specimens are from Bloem- 

 fontein. Orange Free State, 11. ii.-ll. iv. 1918 ; one female 

 is from Boshof, 17. v. 1917, and another from Bethulie, 



