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ACRIDIUM OBTUSIFERUM. 



Fcem. Fulvum ; caput breve, fastigio fere rotundo, f route subpunctata ; 

 prothorax subcarinatus, confertim et sublilissime punctatus, margine 

 poslico valde rotundato ; prosterni spina incrassata, subclavata ; 

 tibia poslica rufa, femoribus posticis multo breviores ; alee anticcc 

 venulis plurimis transversis nigris ; alee postica cinerece. 



Female. Tawny. Head short; tip of the vertex small, flat, nearly 

 round : front hardly oblique, slightly punctured, inner keels parallel, outer 

 keels diverging. Eyes piceous, nearly fusiform. Prothorax thickly and 

 very minutely pnnctured, narrower in front ; a very slight keel and three 

 very slight transverse impressed lines; fore border and sides nearly 

 straight ; hind border much rounded. Prosternal spine very stout, rounded 

 at the tip and thicker there than at the base. Hind femora as long as the 

 abdomen. Hind tibiae red, much shorter than the hind femora ; spines 

 black towards the tips. Fore wings as long as the body ; many of the 

 transverse sectors black. Hind wings cinereous ; veins black. Length of 

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



Nearly allied to A. innotabile ; the spine is more globose at the tip. 



a. ? 



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Cyrtacanthacris differentialis, C. divorsifera, C. unilineata and C. 

 munda approach the genus Caloptenus in structure. 



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Cyrtacanthacris plagiata. 

 a. Australia. 



Two specimens recorded as of this species are varieties of C. basalis. 



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Acridium literosum, A. decoripes and A. maculiferura are perhaps 

 more nearly allied to Caloptenus than to the typical form of Acridium. 



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Acridium marginale and A. pantherinum may be considered as the 

 types of a new genus; and A. stipatum, A. finale and A. genuale will form 

 another new genus, which is allied to Oxya. A. exemptum represents 

 another new genus. 



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Acridium occidentale. 



occidentale, Scudder, Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. 339. 



Napo or Maranon. 



Acridium labratum. 



labratum, Scudder, Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xii, 339. 



Napo or Maranon, 



