the Old World Cyrtacanthacrini, \A\i 



and more or less decuvved and in- 

 curved. Prosteviuil spine lateriilly 

 compressed, slightly Lent backwards. 



(Indo-Malaya, Australasia : {jenotvpe, [nov. 



Acridium ni<jrieorne, Jiurm.) ........ 14. Valanrja *, gen. 



31 (30). Median keel ot" the prouotum very low, 



obliterate, or practically so, by the 

 rugose sculptural ion. 



32 (33). Wing-s brightly coloured, nou-transparent. 



Fastigium ilat. Prosternal spine not 

 compressed laterally, in the apical half 

 incrassate. (Africa : genotype, Gow- [nov. 



deija ugandana, sp. n.) 15. Gowdeya t, gen. 



33(32). Wings hyaline. Fastigium with a longi- 

 tudinal impression. Prosternal spine 

 compressed laterally, not incrassate 



before the apex. (Philippines ; geno- [nov. 



X'jy^Q^CyvtacantlmcnsUnebrosa^y^^W^.) 1(3. Melicodes, gen. 



34 (29). Hind femora long and narrow, with the 



apical part attenuate (tig. 7, b). Elytra 

 long and narrow, with the apex 

 narrow, oval. Male subgenital plate 

 lung, conical, pointed. (Asia, Indo- 

 Malaya : genotype, Gryllus Locusta [nov. 

 succindus, L.) 17. Patanga J, gen. 



35 (12). Prosternal spine strongly inclined or 



angulately bent towards the meso- 

 sternum, touching the latter or nearly 

 so ; its preapical part more or less in- 

 crassate ; the apex pointed or obtuse 

 (fig. 3,/,.^, A). 



36 (37). Hind femora more slender, with the 



apical part distinctly attenuate (almost 



as in Patanga, fig. 7, h). Male cerci 



strongly laterally compressed, with the 



apex attenuate and decurved. Male 



subgenital plate conical, attenuate. 



(Australia, Oceania : genotype, Cyrta- [nov. 



canthacris guttulosa, Walk.) 18. Anstracris, gen, 



37 (36). Hind femora less slender, scarcely attenu- 



ate (as in fig. 7, a). 



38 (39). Peticulation of the basal half of elytra 



unusually hne and dense, the cells 



elongate (fig. 6, d). (Africa : genotype, [nov. 



Acndium sejjtemfasciatum, Serv.) .... 19. Nomadacris, gen. 



39 (38). Eeticulation of the basal hall of elytra 



normal. 



* The native Javanese name for locusts is " Valang" (Dammermau, 

 * Landbouwdievkunde van Oost-lndie,' p. 94). 



t Named after Mr. C. C. Gowdey, late Government Entomologist in 

 I"'"ganda, who has added much to our knowledge of the insect fauna of 

 that country by extensive collecting. 



X Patanga^ according to kServille (Ins. Orth. p. 556), is the Sanscrit 

 name for a locust. 



