﻿RICE 
  GRASSHOPPERS 
  OF 
  GENUS 
  HIEROGLYPHUS 
  AND 
  THETR 
  NEAREST 
  ALLIES. 
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  3 
  (4). 
  Frontal 
  ridge 
  with 
  the 
  sulcus 
  disappearing 
  about 
  half-way 
  between 
  the 
  

  

  base 
  of 
  antennae 
  and 
  the 
  top, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  ridge 
  is 
  flat, 
  

   punctured. 
  The 
  transverse 
  sulci 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  particularly 
  the 
  hind 
  

   one, 
  broader. 
  Hind 
  tarsi 
  above 
  with 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  black 
  

   or 
  brown. 
  Subgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  with 
  the 
  carinae 
  not 
  very 
  

   distinct, 
  granulate. 
  — 
  Sudan, 
  Kamerun 
  . 
  . 
  1. 
  africanus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  4 
  (3). 
  Frontal 
  ridge 
  sulcate 
  throughout, 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  top. 
  The 
  transverse 
  

  

  sulci 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  narrower. 
  Hind 
  tarsi 
  black 
  above 
  except 
  not 
  

   more 
  than 
  the 
  apical 
  third. 
  Subgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  with 
  distinct 
  

   denticulate 
  carinae 
  (fig. 
  2 
  A). 
  — 
  Burma, 
  Sylhet, 
  Surat 
  .. 
  

  

  2. 
  concolor 
  (Walk.). 
  

  

  5 
  (2). 
  Male 
  cerci 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  supra- 
  anal 
  plate 
  and 
  reaching 
  the 
  

  

  apex 
  of 
  the 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  (fig. 
  1 
  E), 
  which 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  basal 
  

   width, 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  attenuate. 
  Elytra 
  with 
  distinct 
  false 
  veins 
  in 
  both 
  

   discoidal 
  and 
  interulnar 
  areas. 
  Pronotum 
  less 
  coarsely 
  punctured. 
  

   Lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  fastigium 
  of 
  vertex 
  narrow, 
  scarcely 
  punctured, 
  

   not 
  impressed. 
  First 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  with 
  only 
  its 
  base 
  black. 
  

   Female 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  with 
  the 
  carinae 
  granulate. 
  — 
  S. 
  China, 
  Formosa, 
  

   India 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  3. 
  annulicomis 
  (Shir.). 
  

  

  6 
  (1). 
  Male 
  cerci 
  apically 
  obliquely 
  truncate 
  (fig. 
  2 
  E), 
  appendiculate 
  (fig. 
  1 
  F) 
  

  

  or 
  bifurcate 
  (fig. 
  2 
  F). 
  Female 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  without 
  any 
  longitudinal 
  

   carinae. 
  Pronotum 
  smooth 
  or 
  not 
  coarsely 
  punctured. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  A, 
  Hieroglyphus 
  concolor, 
  Walk., 
  female 
  genitalia 
  fiom 
  below; 
  B, 
  Hiero- 
  

   glyphodcs 
  assatnensis, 
  g. 
  & 
  sp. 
  n., 
  female 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  from 
  below; 
  C, 
  D, 
  H. 
  

   assamensis, 
  male 
  genitalia; 
  E, 
  Hieroglyphus 
  nigrorepletus, 
  Bol., 
  male 
  cercus; 
  

   F, 
  H. 
  banian, 
  F., 
  male 
  cercus. 
  — 
  All 
  figures 
  X 
  35. 
  

  

  7 
  (8). 
  Male 
  cerci 
  obliquely 
  truncate 
  (fig. 
  2 
  E). 
  Pronotum 
  in 
  profile 
  slightly 
  convex 
  

   or 
  straight 
  ; 
  its 
  disc 
  distinctly 
  broadened 
  posteriorly 
  and 
  unicolorous 
  ; 
  

   lateral 
  lobes 
  convex 
  between 
  sulci, 
  which 
  are 
  broadly 
  filled 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  

   a 
  black 
  line 
  runs 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  each 
  lobe 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  

   ends 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  third 
  sulcus 
  are 
  also 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  line. 
  — 
  

   India 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  4. 
  nigrorepletus, 
  Bol. 
  

  

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