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of the hind part ; the three keels with the usual structure ; disk slightly 

 rugose; hind part lanceolate, extending for one-third of its length beyond 

 the tip of the abdomen. Legs slender; femora testaceous beneath; four 

 anterior tibiae and tarsi with testaceous bands ; hind tibiae and hind tarsi 

 tawny. Hind wings cinereous, extending much beyond the tip of the 

 prothorax. Length of the body 5£ lines ; expansion of the hind wings 

 13£ lines. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



56. Tettix dorsifera. 



Mas. Nigricans, gracilis ; oculi valde prominuli ; 'prothorax subtuber- 

 culatus, albido late unifasciatus, postice cinereus lanceolatus e plagis 

 nigricantibus univittatus, abdomen longissime superans ; pedes 

 graciles, tibiis tarsisque testaceis nigro fasciatis ; alee posticce cinerece, 

 prothoracem paullo superantes. 



Male. Blackish, slender. Head with the usual structure. Eyes 

 tawny, very prominent. Prothorax slightly tuberculate, with a broad 

 whitish band on the widest part; middle keel deepest towards the fore 

 border; lateral keels as usual ; bind part lanceolate, cinereous, with a stripe 

 of blackish patches, extending for nearly half its length beyond the tip of 

 the abdomen. Legs slender; tibiae and tarsi testaceous, with black bands. 

 Hind wings cinereous, extending a little beyond the tip of the prothorax. 

 Length of the body 3£ lines ; expansion of the hind wings 9 lines. 



Bombay. In Dr. Leith's collection. 



57. Tettix obliquifera. 



Mas. Ferruginea, gracilis, subtus testacea ; oculi prominuli ; prothorax 

 vitta dorsali lata lanceolata nigricante, strigis duabus obliquis strigis- 

 gue duabus posterioribus longitudinalibus atris, postice lanceolatus, 

 abdomen lonye superans ; pedes graciles, femoribus subtus tibiis 

 tarsisque pallide testaceis, tarsis basi apiceque nigris ; alee postica 

 cinerece, prothoracem longe superantes. 



Male. Ferruginous, dull testaceous beneath, slender. Head with 

 the usual structure. Eyes livid, prominent. Prothorax with a well-defined 

 middle keel ; lateral keels as usual ; a broad blackish lanceolate stripe on 

 the disk ; a short broad oblique deep black streak and a hinder smaller 

 longitudinal deep black streak on each side ; hind part lanceolate, extending 

 for full one-third of its length beyond the tip of the abdomen. Legs 

 slender: femora beneath, tibiae and tarsi pale testaceous; tarsi black at the 

 base and at the tips. Hind wings cinereous, extending much beyond the 

 tip of the prothorax. Length of the body 4£ lines ; expansion of the hind 

 wings 13£ lines.^ 



Bombay. In Dr. Leith's collection. 



