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  B. 
  P. 
  UVAROV. 
  

  

  the 
  fastigium 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  shorter, 
  the 
  pronotum 
  with 
  the 
  sulci 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  meta- 
  

   zona 
  more 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  group 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  systematically 
  the 
  

   typical 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  since 
  the 
  cotype 
  of 
  Gryllus 
  banian, 
  F., 
  studied 
  by 
  me 
  

   belongs 
  here. 
  The 
  other 
  group, 
  which 
  I 
  propose 
  to 
  regard 
  temporarily 
  (see 
  below) 
  

   as 
  a 
  variety, 
  may 
  be 
  characterised 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Var. 
  elongata, 
  nov. 
  (fig. 
  3 
  C). 
  Distinctly 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  the 
  typical 
  

   form. 
  Face 
  more 
  reclinate. 
  Fastigium 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  distinctly 
  widened 
  

   anteriorly, 
  its 
  portion 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  impression 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  

   maximum 
  width 
  . 
  Prono 
  turn 
  unicolorous 
  , 
  with 
  the 
  trans 
  versesulci 
  j 
  us 
  t 
  slightly 
  darkened, 
  

   but 
  not 
  black. 
  Mesostemal 
  interspace 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  strongly 
  narrowed 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  anteriorly 
  or 
  posteriorly 
  (compare 
  figures 
  3 
  C 
  and 
  3 
  D) 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  oblique 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  line. 
  Male 
  

   cerci 
  slightly 
  more 
  incurved 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  typical 
  form. 
  In 
  the 
  female 
  (paratype) 
  the 
  

   mesosternal 
  interspace 
  is 
  also 
  distinctly 
  constricted 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  though 
  less 
  so 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  its 
  minimal 
  width 
  being 
  subequal 
  to 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  maximal 
  (in 
  

   the 
  typical 
  form 
  the 
  mesosternal 
  interspace 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  is 
  very 
  feebly 
  constricted) 
  ; 
  

   the 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  are 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  they 
  are 
  

   decidedly 
  transverse. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  variety 
  is 
  from 
  Faridpur, 
  Bengal, 
  30.viii.1909, 
  whence 
  come 
  

   also 
  two 
  male 
  and 
  five 
  female 
  paratypes 
  ; 
  further 
  paratypes 
  are 
  from 
  Cuttack, 
  

   Bengal, 
  23.xi.1905, 
  5 
  &J 
  ; 
  Khurda, 
  ii.xi.1913, 
  8 
  92; 
  Shahganj, 
  United 
  Provinces, 
  

   9.xi.l904, 
  6(J(J 
  ; 
  Pusa, 
  Bihar, 
  various 
  dates, 
  1 
  <$, 
  4 
  9? 
  ; 
  Goalundo-Gauhati, 
  Brahma- 
  

   putra 
  River, 
  vii.1919, 
  19; 
  1 
  c? 
  from 
  India, 
  without 
  locality. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  variety 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  

  Typical 
  

  

  form. 
  

  

  Var. 
  elongata. 
  

  

  

  -A 
  -A 
  

  

  oo 
  

  

  $$ 
  

  

  & 
  9? 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body 
  

  

  28-34 
  

  

  34-44 
  

  

  35-44 
  40-54 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  pronotum 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  5-6 
  

  

  6-9 
  

  

  6-5-8 
  8-10 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  elytra 
  

  

  20-27 
  

  

  24-34 
  

  

  27-34 
  32-43 
  

  

  ,, 
  hind 
  femur. 
  . 
  

  

  15-16-5 
  

  

  18-22 
  

  

  18-20-5 
  24-28 
  

  

  A 
  ° 
  I> 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  Sternum 
  of 
  different 
  species 
  of 
  Hieroglyphus 
  : 
  A, 
  H. 
  daganensis, 
  Kr., 
  9 
  ; 
  

   B, 
  H. 
  nigrorepletus, 
  Bol., 
  9 
  ; 
  C, 
  H. 
  banian, 
  F., 
  var. 
  elongata, 
  nov., 
  q 
  ; 
  D, 
  H. 
  banian, 
  

   F., 
  typical 
  form, 
  cJ. 
  — 
  All 
  figures 
  x4. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  Hieroglvphus 
  sp. 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Bolivar 
  (Rev. 
  R. 
  Acad. 
  

   Cien. 
  Madrid, 
  xvi, 
  p. 
  397, 
  no. 
  79) 
  and 
  briefly 
  described 
  by 
  him 
  without 
  a 
  specific 
  

   name 
  is 
  our 
  var. 
  elongata. 
  The 
  typical 
  series 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  from 
  Faridpur 
  has 
  been 
  

   also 
  mentioned 
  as 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  by 
  Fletcher 
  (Proc. 
  Third 
  Entom. 
  

   Meeting 
  at 
  Pusa, 
  p. 
  309). 
  

  

  