Mr. Westwood's Synopsis of the Genus Cerapterus. 683 



Species 2. Cerapterus Horsfieldii. 



C. piceiis ; thorace antic^ einarginato, elytris macula apicali flavescente baud 

 rotnndata literam y quodainmod6 siinulante, palporuni labialium articulo 

 ultimo valde securiformi. 



Habitat in insula Java. 



Obs. Exemplar alterum hujus speciei vidi in Mus. D. Melly tripI6 majus, vix 

 tamen distinctum. 



Species 3. Cerapterus quadrimaculatus. 



C. piceo-niger, nitidissimus ; thorace (anticfe viso) subemarginato maculis dua- 

 bus magnis obscur^ rufescentibus, elytris tenuissim^ punctatis maculis 

 duabus magnis ovalibus prope scutellum alterisque duabus apicem ver- 

 sus raajoribus antice et postic^ lobatis rufo-fulvis. 



Long. Corp. lin. 5. Lat. elytr. lin. 2|. 



Habitat in insula Java. In Mus. D. Westermanni. 



Obs. Palpi labiales articulo ultimo mediocriter securiformi ; tibiaeque omnes 

 distinct^ bicalcaratoe (an etiam in C. latipede et C. Horsfieldii}). 



Subgenus 2. Orthopterus. Westw. 



Thorax latus (capite baud dupl6 latior). Antennae longiores, sublatae, planae, 

 lateribus subrectis, articulo ultimo mediocri. Elytra abdomen tegentia. 

 Tibice spina apicali intils instructse. 



Species 1. (4.) Cerapterus [Orthopterus] Smithii. MacLeay. 



C. nigro-piceus, snbnitidus ; elytris macula fulva notatis thorace latioribus et 



fere quintuple longioribus. 

 Habitat in Africa Australi. 



Subgenus 3. Arthropterus. MacLeay. 



Caput thorace baud angustius. Thorax subquadratus, antic^ paull6 latior. 

 Antennce sublatee, articulo ultimo mediocri. Elytra angusta, abdomine 

 breviora. Tibice apice bicalcaratee*, angulo opposite acutissimo. • 



* Mr. MacLeay has informed me since his arrival in New South Wales, in correction of the figure 

 of C. MacLeaii, published by him, that it possesses two tibial spurs. 



