DERMAPTEftA SALTATORIA. 50 



quadrate brown spots proceeding from the base; most of the transverse 

 sectors in the exterior part clouded with brown. Length of the body 16 

 lines; expansion of the fore wings 32 lines. 



a. China. Presented by J. Brenchley, Esq. 



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Cyrtacanthacris basalis. 

 a, 6. Australia. 

 c. ? 



Two specimens are transferred from C. plagiata to this species. 



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Cyrtacanthacris exacta. 



Var. ? Mas. Fulva ; prothorax linea, plagis duabus posterioribus mar- 

 gineque postico nigris ; femora postica lineola exteriore nigricante, 

 vitta interiore nigra informi interrupla ; tibiae postica rufescentes ; 

 alee antica cinerea, slriga costali basali flavescente, maculis guttisque 

 plurimis nigris. 



Var.P Male. Tawny, slender. Head smooth; tip of the vertex 

 depressed, hexagonal ; front slightly oblique, wilh four well-defined slightly 

 diverging keels. Eyes piceous, elongate-elliptical. Prothorax scabrous, 

 with a very slight keel, and with four transverse impressed lines, widening 

 above between the fourth impressed line and the hind border; a black line 

 along the keel from the fore border to the fourth impressed line; a black 

 posterior patch on each side; hind border bordered with black, and much 

 rounded. Prosternal spine testaceous, lanceolate, rather slender, extending 

 to the mesosternum. Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, with 

 a slight blackish line along the outer side, and with a black irregular and 

 interrupted stripe on the inner side; hind tibiss reddish, a little shorter 

 than the hind femora, their spines with black tips. Wings cinereous, 

 extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings with a yellowish costal 

 streak extending from the base, and wilh many black spots of various size 

 and shape in the disk ; these spots are largest towards the base. Length of 

 the body 16 lines; expansion of the fore wings 36 lines. 



a. Vavou. Presented by J. Brenchley, Esq. 



Fcem. ? Caput et prothorax nigro late bivittata, capitis vittis cinereo 

 oblique strigatis, prothoracis vittis excavatis ; femora postica nigri- 

 cante bivillata ; tibia postica pallide fulva ; ala antica maculis 

 nonnullis cinereis nigro marginatis. 



Female P Head and prothorax with two broad black slripes, each of 

 which in the head contains two oblique cinereous streaks, and is excavated' 

 in the prothorax. Hind femora with a blackish stripe on each side ; hind 

 tibia? pale tawny, their spines whitish, with black lips. Spots on the fore 

 wings more regular than those of the male; several of them with cinereous 

 disks. Length of the body 17 lines; expansion of the fore wings 38 lines. 



6. Tongatala. Presented by J. Brenchley, Esq. 



