﻿RICE 
  GRASSHOPPERS 
  OF 
  GENUS 
  HIEROGLYPHUS 
  AND 
  THEIR 
  NEAREST 
  ALLIES. 
  229 
  

  

  large, 
  prominent 
  ; 
  their 
  longest 
  diameter 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  shortest 
  one 
  ; 
  

   the 
  latter 
  is 
  almost 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  subocular 
  distance 
  ; 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  somewhat 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  frontal 
  ridge 
  at 
  the 
  clypeus. 
  Pronotum 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured 
  throughout, 
  more 
  densely 
  in 
  the 
  metazona 
  ; 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  trapezoidal, 
  

   with 
  the 
  fore 
  margin 
  very 
  oblique, 
  straight, 
  fore 
  angle 
  very 
  obtuse, 
  lower 
  margin 
  

   obtusely 
  angulate 
  behind 
  its 
  middle, 
  hind 
  angle 
  about 
  90°, 
  hind 
  margin 
  vertical 
  in 
  

   its 
  lowest 
  portion 
  and 
  oblique 
  in 
  the 
  rest. 
  Elytra 
  extending 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  second 
  

   tergite, 
  lancet-shaped, 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  curved 
  downwards 
  ; 
  radial 
  veins 
  straight 
  ; 
  

   reticulation 
  fairly 
  dense, 
  sub-obliterate. 
  Wings 
  rudimentary. 
  

  

  General 
  coloration 
  dirty 
  olive-brown 
  (probably 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  greenish 
  in 
  life). 
  

   Antennae 
  blackish 
  below, 
  and 
  brown 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  blackened 
  above. 
  Cheeks 
  with 
  

   a 
  black 
  streak 
  starting 
  from 
  the 
  hind 
  lower 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  running 
  obliquely 
  

   towards 
  the 
  hind 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  cheek, 
  but 
  disappearing 
  half-way. 
  Pronotum 
  with 
  the 
  

   first 
  sulcus 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  only 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  sulcus 
  is 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  disc, 
  with 
  the 
  middle 
  portion 
  not 
  coloured 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  sulcus 
  is 
  black 
  throughout, 
  

   except 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  disc, 
  and 
  its 
  lower 
  end 
  is 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  with 
  

   the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  sulcus 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  sulcus 
  is 
  black 
  throughout, 
  except 
  the 
  lower 
  

   ends 
  of 
  lateral 
  portions. 
  Mesopleurae 
  with 
  black 
  oblique 
  streaks. 
  Abdominal 
  

   tergites 
  with 
  their 
  hind 
  margins 
  narrowly 
  darkened. 
  Front 
  and 
  middle 
  legs 
  with 
  

   outer 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  femora, 
  and 
  also 
  bases 
  and 
  apices 
  of 
  tibiae, 
  black. 
  

   (Hind 
  legs 
  in 
  the 
  type 
  broken.) 
  Elytra 
  with 
  short 
  black 
  streaks 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   radial 
  veins. 
  

  

  $ 
  (paratype). 
  Twice 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  male. 
  Fastigium 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  more 
  than 
  

   twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long. 
  Distance 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  almost 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  again 
  as 
  

   the 
  frontal 
  ridge 
  at 
  clypeus. 
  Hind 
  femur 
  with 
  a 
  round 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  knee, 
  

   both 
  inwardly 
  and 
  outwardly, 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  margin. 
  on 
  the 
  knee 
  above, 
  black. 
  Hind 
  

   tibia 
  with 
  the 
  base, 
  apex 
  and 
  a 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  lower 
  side, 
  black. 
  Hind 
  tarsus 
  without 
  

   black 
  parts. 
  

  

  

  6* 
  (type). 
  

  

  $ 
  (paraty] 
  

  

  body 
  

   head 
  

  

  27 
  mm. 
  

   4-5 
  

  

  41 
  mm. 
  

   5-5 
  

  

  pronotum 
  

  

  elytra 
  

  

  hind 
  femora 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  6 
  

   8 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  10-5 
  

   19 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  one 
  male 
  and 
  one 
  female 
  from 
  Cachar, 
  Assam 
  (British 
  Museum). 
  

  

  Genus 
  Hieroglyphus, 
  Krauss. 
  

  

  1877. 
  Hieroglyphus, 
  Krauss, 
  Abhandl. 
  Akad. 
  Wiss. 
  Wien, 
  Mat. 
  -Nat. 
  Classe, 
  lxxvi(l), 
  

   p. 
  41. 
  " 
  

  

  1878. 
  Hieroglyphus, 
  Stal, 
  Bih. 
  Svensk. 
  Akad. 
  Handl., 
  v 
  (4), 
  pp. 
  48, 
  93. 
  

   1912. 
  Hieroglyphus, 
  I. 
  Bolivar, 
  Trab. 
  Mus. 
  Madrid, 
  no. 
  6, 
  p. 
  50. 
  

   1914. 
  Hieroglyphus, 
  Kirby, 
  Fauna 
  Brit. 
  Ind., 
  Acrid., 
  pp. 
  192, 
  201. 
  

   1918. 
  Hieroglyphus, 
  I. 
  Bolivar, 
  Trab. 
  Mus. 
  Madrid, 
  no. 
  34, 
  p. 
  11. 
  

  

  Genotype 
  : 
  Hieroglyphus 
  daganensis, 
  Krauss. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  was 
  established 
  by 
  Krauss 
  to 
  include 
  a 
  species 
  from 
  Senegal, 
  H. 
  

   daganensis, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  well 
  known 
  H. 
  banian, 
  F. 
  (= 
  furcifer, 
  Serv.). 
  One 
  year 
  

   later 
  (1878) 
  Stal 
  described 
  a 
  third 
  species 
  from 
  China, 
  H. 
  tarsalis, 
  which 
  is, 
  however, 
  

   conspecific 
  with 
  one 
  previously 
  described, 
  Oxya 
  concolor, 
  Walker, 
  as 
  also 
  is 
  Brunner 
  

   von 
  Wattenwyl's 
  H. 
  citrinolimibatus 
  , 
  described 
  in 
  1893. 
  T. 
  Shiraki 
  in 
  1910 
  published 
  

   a 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  from 
  Formosa, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  'Oxya 
  annidicornis 
  , 
  and 
  

   this 
  has 
  been 
  since 
  twice 
  redescribed 
  by 
  Bolivar 
  (H. 
  formosanus, 
  1912) 
  and 
  Carl 
  

   (H. 
  tonkinensis, 
  1916). 
  Two 
  more 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  by 
  Bolivar 
  in 
  his 
  

  

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