22 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



1 (8) Areolet distinctly narrowed on the lower side ; the 



nervures oblique. 



2 (5) The tarsi not black, at most only slightly annulated 



with black. 



3 (4) Wings hyaline, suffused yellow or fulvous ; the an- 



tenna pale yellow, the apex broadly black. Length, 



12 mm. ; terebra, 4 mm. . . . fulvijietmis, Cam. 



4 (3) Wings dark violaceous ; the antennae blackish, annu- 



lated with dark fulvous. Length, 16 mm. ^ 



fulgidipennis, Cam. 



5 (2) The tarsi black. 



6 (7) The tibife black. Length, 12 mm. <? . . tibialis, Cam. 



7 (6) The tibiffi not black. Length, 12 mm. 3" . tarsalis, Cam. 



8 (1) Areolet not distinctly narrowed on the lower side ; 



the nervures straight. Length, 12 mm. ; tere- 



bra, 2 mm. ..... tuberculata, Cam. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GRASSHOPPER FROM NATAL 

 {POMATONOTA BIPUNCTATA, Kirb.) 



By W. F. Kirey, F.L.S. 



Among some Orthoptera recently received by Mr. Distant 

 from Natal, collected by Mr. A. Ross, I found a pair which 

 appear to belong to a new species allied to Pomatonota dregii, 

 Burm. This is a small green species, with very long legs, 

 belonging to the family Mecopodidae, and the subfamily Moris- 

 tinae. The wings are short and broad in the fully developed 

 insect ; but in the only specimen of P. dregii at present in the 

 Natural History Musuem they are only just visible under the 

 shield. The types of P. hipimctata are also apterous or sub- 

 apterous. Whether the specimens before me are immature, or 

 whether they are micropterous specimens of a dimorphous 

 species, we must wait for more specimens to decide. A descrip- 

 tion is given below. 



Pomatonota bipunctata, sp. n. 

 ^ . Long. Corp. 20 mm. ; capit. et pron. 13 mm. ; fem. post. 

 20 mm. 5 . Long. corp. 17 mm. ; capit. et pron. 10 mm. ; fem. 

 post. 14 mm, ; ovip. 15 mm. 



Size and general shape of P. dregii, Burm. Brown, with a slight 

 reddish or coppery lustre, especially on the face ; mandibles smooth, 

 shining, pale orange ; hinder edge of the pronotum marked with two 

 large black spots, and a few smaller ones beyond and on the disc ; 

 abdomen with some longitudinal rows of black dots, and with a 

 purplish and black oblong mark at the base on each side ; wings in 

 male blackish, half hidden by the shield, somewhat as in the European 

 genus Ephippiger, which this species also resembles in the long slender 

 upcurved ovipositor. 



