Short-horned Grasshoj>i>ers from East Africa. 679 



width. Fastigiiiin prnctically horizoiitnl, foi'iniii<^ a per- 

 ceptible, thougli rounded angle with the frontal ridge, 

 somewhat impressed, indistinctly carinate in front. Vertex 

 between the eyes tricarinnlate. Eyes prominent, but less 

 so than in E. an(/n/ijlava, Kai'sch ; ihcir vertjeal diameter 

 less than twice the horizontal one. Pronotum more cylin- 

 drical and less compressed laterally than in the other 

 species, rugosely punctured ; median keel very low ; trans- 

 verse sulci quite distinct ; metazona subequal to the prozona; 

 liind angle somewhat more than 90^, rounded apically. Pro- 

 sternal tubercle obtusely conical. jNIesosternal interspace 

 a little broader than long. ]\Ietasternal lobes distinctly 

 separated. Elytra just reaching the hind knees, with the 

 apex obliquely rounded, scarcely truncate. The last tergite 

 with two long, depressed, spine-like projections in the middle. 

 Supra-anal plate with the apex somewhat attenuate and 

 rotundato-truncate, and with two small teeth behiud the 

 middle. Cerci much longer than the supra-anal plate; the 

 basal part, occupying more than half the whole length, 

 compressed laterally, parallel-sided, slightly incurved ; the 

 apical part narrow, rounded, suddenly deHexed, forming 

 an obtuse angle with the basal part, and again recurved, iu 

 the shape of a broad hook. 



General coloration pale reddish olivaceous. Antennae 

 black, with the base brown. Clypeus and labrum blackish. 

 Head bright yellow; the upper half of the face and of the 

 frontal ridge olivaceous ; eyes brown, but the orbits yellow 

 all round ; occiput with a narrow dark median fascia. Pro- 

 notum reddish brown, with the median keel and the lateral 

 lobes of a darker shade, almost blackish ; the hind angle of 

 the lateral lobes broadly yellow. Elytra pale olivaceous. 

 Wings pale golden-yellow. Hind femora pale testaceous all 

 over, except the outer lower sulcus, which is blackish blue ; 

 the upper carina of the externo-median area with 7-8 small 

 black dots. Hind tibiae pale testaceous basally, merging 

 gradually into the bright red of the apical half. Hind tarsi 

 red. 



? (paratype). Differs from the male as follows : — Antennae 

 reaching halfway between the middle and hind coxae ; fasti- 

 gium of vertex distinctly marginated ; mesosternal interspace 

 transverse ; elytra not reaching the hind knees ; general 

 coloration darker, and all parts which are yellow in the male 

 are testaceous; hind femora with greenish-grey transverse 

 sulci, and with the dots of the upper external carina also 

 greenish grey. 



