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  B. 
  P. 
  UVAROV. 
  

  

  8 
  (7). 
  Male 
  cerci 
  appendiculate 
  or 
  bifurcate. 
  Pronotum 
  in 
  profile 
  not 
  convex; 
  

  

  its 
  disc 
  scarcely 
  widened 
  posteriorly 
  ; 
  no 
  black 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  

   margin 
  of 
  its 
  lateral 
  lobes. 
  

  

  9 
  (12). 
  Male 
  cerci 
  bifurcate 
  (fig. 
  2 
  F). 
  Pronotum 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  or 
  scarcely 
  selliform, 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  hind 
  sulcus 
  perfectly 
  straight. 
  Head 
  not 
  or 
  only 
  slightly 
  thicker 
  

   than 
  pronotum 
  and, 
  seen 
  in 
  profile, 
  not 
  strongly 
  prominent 
  above 
  it. 
  

   Mesosternal 
  interspace 
  not 
  strongly 
  constricted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  (fig. 
  3 
  C, 
  D) 
  . 
  

  

  10 
  (11). 
  Male 
  cerci 
  with 
  both 
  branches 
  alike, 
  rounded 
  (fig. 
  2 
  F). 
  Fastigium 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  vertex 
  not 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  transverse 
  in 
  female. 
  — 
  

   India 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  5. 
  banian 
  (F.). 
  

  

  11 
  (10). 
  Male 
  cerci 
  with 
  the 
  inner 
  branch 
  broad, 
  depressed, 
  truncate. 
  Fastigium 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  (female 
  unknown). 
  — 
  

   Tonkin 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  6. 
  tonkinensis, 
  Bol. 
  

  

  12 
  (9). 
  Male 
  cerci 
  appendiculate 
  (fig. 
  1 
  F). 
  Pronotum 
  distinctly 
  selliform. 
  Head 
  

  

  distinctly 
  thicker 
  than 
  pronotum 
  and 
  considerably 
  prominent 
  above 
  it 
  ; 
  

   the 
  hind 
  sulcus 
  distinctly 
  arched. 
  Mesosternal 
  interspace 
  strongly 
  

   constricted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  (fig. 
  3 
  A). 
  

  

  13 
  (14). 
  Male 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  distinctly 
  sulcate 
  above, 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  emarginate 
  

  

  (fig. 
  1 
  E). 
  — 
  Senegal, 
  N. 
  Nigeria 
  .. 
  .. 
  7. 
  daganensis, 
  Krauss. 
  

  

  14 
  (13). 
  Male 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  not 
  sulcate, 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  truncate. 
  — 
  India 
  

  

  8. 
  oryzivorus, 
  Carl. 
  

  

  1. 
  Hieroglyph 
  us 
  africanus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  (fig. 
  1 
  B). 
  

  

  c?. 
  Of 
  medium 
  size 
  for 
  the 
  genus. 
  Front 
  strongly 
  reclinate 
  ; 
  its 
  ridge 
  with 
  the 
  

   sulcus 
  slightly 
  widened 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  both 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  and 
  the 
  fastigium, 
  which 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  reach, 
  disappearing 
  half-way 
  between 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  antennae 
  and 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  fastigium 
  of 
  vertex, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  uppermost 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  frontal 
  ridge 
  is 
  not 
  sulcate, 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  punctured. 
  Fastigium 
  of 
  

   the 
  vertex 
  scarcely 
  sloping, 
  with 
  the 
  bow-shaped 
  transverse 
  sulcus 
  well 
  developed 
  ; 
  

   the 
  portion 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  sulcus 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  again 
  as 
  long, 
  rotundato- 
  

   pentagonal, 
  with 
  the 
  surface 
  flat 
  and 
  an 
  indistinct 
  longitudinal 
  carinula 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  fastigium 
  thick, 
  with 
  distinct, 
  obliquely 
  placed, 
  narrow, 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured 
  temporal 
  foveolae. 
  Pronotum 
  strongly 
  cylindrical, 
  very 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   transverse 
  sulci 
  deep 
  and 
  broad, 
  straight 
  on 
  the 
  disc 
  ; 
  median 
  keel 
  scarcely 
  per- 
  

   ceptible. 
  Mesosternal 
  lobes 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  with 
  the 
  interspace 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Metasternal 
  lobes 
  contiguous. 
  Elytra 
  without 
  false 
  veins 
  in 
  the 
  

   discoidal 
  and 
  interulnar 
  areas. 
  Supra-anal 
  plate 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  basal 
  width, 
  with 
  

   a 
  median 
  sulcus 
  in 
  its 
  basal 
  half. 
  Cerci 
  not 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  supra-anal 
  plate, 
  thick, 
  

   gradually 
  narrowed 
  and 
  slightly 
  decurved 
  posteriorly, 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  indistinctly 
  

   obliquely 
  truncate 
  internally. 
  Subgenital 
  plate 
  obtusely 
  conical, 
  short, 
  not 
  longer 
  

   than 
  its 
  basal 
  width. 
  

  

  Greenish 
  yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  pale 
  green 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  parts 
  

   black 
  : 
  antennae, 
  except 
  two 
  basal 
  joints 
  ; 
  sulci 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  ; 
  a 
  transverse 
  

   fascia 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  knee, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  

   corresponding 
  with 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  ; 
  a 
  post-basal 
  ring, 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   apex 
  and 
  points 
  of 
  spines 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  

   the 
  hind 
  tarsi, 
  the 
  very 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  pulvillus. 
  

  

  £ 
  (paratype). 
  Differs 
  from 
  the 
  male 
  in 
  the 
  frontal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fastigium 
  of 
  vertex 
  

   being 
  rounded 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  lesser 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  markings, 
  only 
  the 
  last 
  pronotal 
  sulcus 
  being 
  blackened, 
  while 
  the 
  

  

  