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16(17). Smaller. Foveolae of the vertex distinctly impressed, markedly narrowed 

 anteriorly. Front rather reclinate ; frontal ridge in profile straight. 

 (Yellowish-grey or clay-coloured, with more or less distinct grey and pale 

 markings ; lateral lobes of pronotum with a black square spot in the middle. 

 Antennae in male one-half, in female slightly, longer than head and pro- 

 notum together. Elytra not longer than abdomen, but very often far 

 shorter.— Length of body, ^J 12-18, $ 18-26 ; of elytra, (J 7-11, ? 9-18 ; 

 of hind femora, ^^ 9-10, $12-15 mm.).. 8. crassiusculus (Pantel). 



17(16). Larger. Foveolae of the vertex but slightly impressed, nearly square. 

 Front nearly vertical ; frontal ridge in profile convex. (Straw-yellow, 

 with sharp grey and black markings. Antennae in female as long as head 

 and pronotum together, in male a little longer. Elytra reaching the middle 

 of abdomen.— Length of body S 23, ? 32 ; of elytra, (? 8, $ 13 ; of hind 

 femora, (J 13, $ 18 mm.) . . . . . . . . 9. kurdus, sp. n. 



18(15). Lateral carinae of the pronotum present on metazona only. ^ : anal 

 segment with two small, widely separated lobes behind ; supra-anal 

 plate triangular, not attenuate at the apex. $ : anal segment as long as 

 wide ; supra-anal plate longer than its basal width. Hind tibiae sanguin- 

 eous. (Clayish grey or brown, dull, with indistinct grey and pale markings. 

 Lateral lobes of pronotum with a small square black spot in the middle. 

 Elytra reaching the apex of abdomen. — Length of body, (J 16-18, $ 23-25 ; 

 of elytra, ^ 11-12, ? 14-16 ; of hind tibiae, ^ 11, ? 15 mm.) 



10. kraussi (Ingen.). 



Annotated Catalogue of Species. 

 1. Dociostaurus maroccanus (Thunb). 

 1815. Gryllus maroccanus, Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Petersb., v, p. 244. 



1824. Gryllus maroccanus, Thunberg, I.e., ix, pp. 399, 425, no. 91. 



1825. Gryllus cruciatus, Charpentier, Horae Entom., p. 137. 



1832. Oedipoda cruciata, Brulle, Exped. Moree, Ins., p. 92, no. 63, pi. 30, fig. 2. 



1836. Acrydium cruciatum., Costa, Fauna Regni Napoli, Acrid., p. 37, no. 17, 

 pi. 5, fig. 1, A, b, c. 



1846. Oedipoda vastator, Fischer Waldheim, Orth. Imp. Ross., p. 312, no. 30, pi. 14, 



fig. 1. 



1853. Dociostaurus cruciata, Fieber, Lotos, iii, p. 118 {partim). 



1853. Stauronotus cruciatus, Fischer, Orth. Europ., p. 352 (partim), pi. 17, fig. 11, a, b. 



1854. Dociostaurus cruciata, Fieber, Syn. Eur. Orth., p. 18, no. 1 (partim). 



1873. Stauronotus maroccanus, Stal, Rec. Orth., p. Ill, no. 1. 



1882. Stauronotus maroccanus, Brunner v. Wattenwyl, Prodr. Europ. Orth., p. 136, 

 no. 1. 



1910. Dociostaurus maroccanus, Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., iii, p. 152, no. 1. 



This species was described by Thunberg in 1815 and 1824, and redescribed twice 

 since — ^by Charpentier as Gryllus cruciatus* and by Fischer Waldheim as Oedipoda 



* 1 am obliged to Dr. W. Ramme, who kindly studied for me Charpentier's type of 

 <yruciatus in the Berlin Museum and informed me that it is identical with maroccanus, 

 Thunb. 



