ACRIDIDAE 711
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70. CALOPTENUS CLARUS.

Mas. Fulvus, robustus, subtus testaceus ; caput albidum, fuscescente
bistrigatum ; antennae luteae ; prothorax scaber, disco subplano tri-
carinato, plagis quatuor albidis quatuorque ferrugineis ; prosterni
spina crassa, longiuscula ; pedes testacei, femoribus posticis latissimis
extus biseriatim nigro punctatis, tibiis posticis luteis ; alae anticae
diaphanae, fasciis plurimis antemediis maculisque postmediis cinereis
nigro venosis.

Male. Tawny, stout, testaceous beneath. Head smooth, whitish,
very convex above ; vertex with two brownish oblique streaks ; tip de-
pressed, elliptical ; front thinly punctured, with four slight keels which
diverge towards the face. Eyes ferruginous, subelliptical, much rounded
on the hind side. Antennae luteous, slender. Prothorax scabrous ; disk
nearly flat, with three distinct keels ; two whitish patches and two ferru-
ginous patches on each side ; fore border nearly straight; sides rounded ;
hind border much rounded. ProsternaI spine thick, rather long, rounded
at the tip. Legs testaceous ; hind femora very broad, as long as the
abdomen, with two rows of black points ou the outer side, the upper edge

712 CATALOGUE OF
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slightly dentate ; hind tibiae luteous, much shorter than the hind femora,
their spines with black tips. Wings pellucid, a little shorter than the body.
Fore wings with numerous cinereous black-veined antemedial irregular
bands and postmedial spots ; veins elsewhere pale. Hind wings with
black veins. Length of the body 15 lines ; expansion of the fore wings
31 lines.

a. -?

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702 CATALOGUE OF
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53. CALOPTENUS GLAUCOPSIS.

Faem. Ferrugineus, robustus ; caput breve, fastigio longi-conico depresso,
fronte strigisque duabus cyaneo-albis, vitta frontali nigro-cyanea ;
antennae piceae, basi fulvae ; prothorax subtiliter scaber, lituris duabus
testaceis, strigis quatuor exterioribus cyaneo-albis, disco plano carinis
tribus nigris ; prosterni spina pallide testaeea, crassa, transversa ;
pectus albido strigatum ; femora postica latissima, abdomine paullo
breviora, extus albo nigricante notata, intus nigro late vittata ; alae
antiecae cinereae, vitta maculari strigaque posteriore e venis pallide
testaceis ; alae posticae basi roseae.

Female. Ferruginous, stout. Head smooth, short ; tip of the vertex
depressed, elongate-conical ; a bluish white streak extending from behind
each eye to tbe mouth ; front bluish white, thinly punctured, with a blackish
bIue stripe ; keels weil defined, diverging towards the face ; clypeus bluish
white. Eyes subelliptical, much rounded on the hind side. Antennae
piceous, tawny towards the base. Prothorax finely scabrous ; disk flat, with
three well-defined black keels, and wilb distinct transverse impressed lines ;
each side with a testaceous mark and two exterior bluish white streaks ;
fore border straight ; sides rounded ; hind border much rounded. Prosternal
spine pale testaceous, thick, transverse, rounded, much broader than thick.
Pectus with some whitish streaks on each side. Abdomen testaceous.
Legs testaceous ; hind femora very broad, a !ittle shorter than the abdomen,
white, and marked with blackish on the outer side, with a broad black
stripe on the inner side ; hind tibiae rather shorter than the hind femora,
their spines with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, a little longer than the
abdomen ; veins piceous, here and there pale testaceous, and thus forming
a discoidal row of spots and a posterior streak. Hind wings pellucid, rosy
towards the base and towards the interior horder ; veins elsewhere black.
Length of the body 16 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 26 lines.

a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Reid's collection.

ACRIDIDAE 699
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49. CALOPTENUS STRENUUS.

Faem. Testaceus, robustus ; caput et prothorax scabra ; caput breve, vertice
postico laevi, fastigio subhexagonali ; prothorax breviusculus, margine
postico valde rotundato; prosterni spina robusta, conica, longiuscula,
subcompressa; femora postica abdomini aequilonga ; alae anticae
corpori aequilongae, apices versus pallide cinereae, costa basi rotundata.

Female. Testaceous, stout. Head smooth, short ; tip of the vertex
scabrous, subhexagonal, slightly transverse ; front scabrous ; keels well
defined ; inner keels parallel ; outer keels diverging towards the face.
Eyes ferruginous, elliptical. Prothorax scabrous, rather short, with a slight
dorsal keel and with no lateral keels ; transverse impressed lines distinct ;
fore border and sides very slightly rounded ; hind border much rounded.
ProsternaI spine stout, conical, rather long, slightly compressed. Hind
femora as long as the abdomen ; hind tibiae rather shorter than the
hind femora, their spines with black tips. Fore wings as long as the body,

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pale cinereous towards the tips ; veins testaceous ; costa rounded near the
base. Hind wings pellucid ; veins black, pale along the interior border.
Length of the body 17 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 36 lines.

a. Gambia. From Mr. Rendall's collection.

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15. EPACROMIA SIMULATRIX.

Mas. Testacea, E. thalassinae affinis ; caput et prothorax fusco varia ;
caput fusco bistrigatum ; femora postica nigricante bifasciata ; tibiae
posticae albidae, fascia antemedia fuscescente ; alae anticae cinereae,
guttis basalibus et sabapicalibus fasciisque tribus intermediis nigris ;
alae posticae fuscae, basi diaphanae flavo venosae.

774 CATALOGUE OF

Male. Testaceous, like E. thalassina in structure. Head and pro-
thorax mottled with brown. Head with a brown streak on each side
between the eye and the hind border. Abdomen luteous. Hind femora
with two blackish bands, which are most conspicuous on the inner side.
Hind tibiae and hind tarsi whitish, the former with a brownish antemedial
band. Fore wings cinereous, with some black dots near the base, with
others near the tips, and with three intermediate irregular black bands.
Hind wings brown, pellucid and wilh pale ye!low veins towards the base.
Length of the body 7 ^1/2 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 15 lines.

a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq.

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5. HETERACRIS ADJUNCTA.

Faem. Fulva; caput et prothorax vittis duabus viridibus nigricante
rnarginatis ; vertex antice prominulus, vix carinatus ; antennae
pallide luteae ; prothorax subtricarinatus ; prosterni spina crassa,
subarcuata, mesosternum fere attingens ; tibiae posticae glauco-virides,
spinis albis apice nigris ; alae anticae virides, abdomini œquilongae,
guttis plurimis fuscis nigro venosis ; alae anticae diaphanae, pallido
venosae.

Female. Tawny. Head and prothorax with two green blackish-bor-
dered stripes. Head thinly punctured ; fore part of the vertex prominent,
and with a very slight keel ; front hardly keeled. Eyes piceous, elliptical.
Antennae pale luteous. Prothorax scabrous, with three very slight keels and
with the usual four transverse impressed lines ; fore border rounded ; sides
slightly undulating ; hind border nearly straight. ProsternaI spine thick,
oblique, slightly curved, extending nearly to tbe mesosternum. Hind
femora longer than the abdomen and than the hind tibiae ; the latter
glaucous-green, their spines white with black tips. Fore wings green, as
long as the abdomen, with many brown black-veined dots ; veins elsewhere
pale. Hind wings pellucid ; veins more or less pale. Length of the body
25-27 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 28-32 lines.

a, b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan.

Var. ? Mas. Testacea, gracilis ; caput et prothorax ferrugineo late uni-
vittata, piceo late bivittata ; fastigium longi-conicum ; prothorax
subtricarinatus ; prosterni spina pallide testacea, crassa, obliqua,
mesosternum attingens ; femora postica extus nigro vittata, intus
nigro triplagiata ; tibiae posticae rufae ; alae anticae cinereae, corpori
aequilongae, vitta postica testacea.

Male. Testaceous, sIender. Head and protborax with two broad
piceous stripes, and with a broad ferruginous stripe which is attenuated in
the fore part of the former. Head smooth ; tip of the vertex flat, elongate-
conical ; front thinly puctured ; keels strongly marked ; inner keels parallel ;
outer keels slightly diverging towards the face. Eyes nearly elliptical.
Prothorax with three slight keels, and with well-defined transverse im-
pressed lines ; fore border straight ; sides slightly rounded ; bind border

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more rounded. ProsternaI spine pale testaceous, thick, oblique, extending
to the mesosternum. Hind femora as long as the abdomen, with a black
stripe on the outer side and with three black patches on the inner side ;
hind tibiae red, a little shorter than the hind femora ; spines black, red at
the base. Fore wings cinereous, as long as the body, with a testaceous
pale-veined stripe near the interior border ; veins elsewhere ferruginous.
Hind wings pellucid ; veins mostly black. Length of the body 12 lines ;
expansion of the fore wings 26 lines.

a.- ?

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45. CALOPTENUS STRAMINEUS.

Faem. Testaceus, sat gracilis ; caput breve, postice nigro sexmaculatum,
fastigio excavato pentagonali ; antennae apices versus piceae, subtus
nigrae ; prothorax subcarinatus, maculis duabus fuscescentibus magnis
quadratis nigro marginatis ; prosterni spina brevis, transversa, valde
obtusa ; femora postica abdomini aequilanga, fasciis duabus nigris
excavatis ex parte fuscis ; alae anticae corpore perpaullo breviores,
venulis transversis nigricantibus ; alae pasticae cinereo marginatae.

Female, Testaceous, rather slender. Head short, smooth, with three
black spots between each eye and the hind border ; tip of the vertex de-
pressed, pentagonal ; front thinly punctured, with four slight nearly parallel
keels. Eyes very pale, elongate-oval. Antennae piceous towards the tips,
black beneath. Prothorax with a slight dorsal keel ; no lateral keels ; four
slight transverse impressed lines ; a large brownish black-bordered quadrate
spot on each side ; fore border nearly straight ; sides slightly rounded ;
hind border much rounded. Prosternal spine short, transverse, very obtuse.
Hind femora as long as the abdomen, with two black irregular excavated
partly brown bands above ; hind tibiae shorter than the hind femora, their
spines with black tips. Fore wings nearly as long as the body, with many
black transverse sectors. lIind wings pellucid, cinereous towards the tips

698 CATALOGUE OF
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and along the exterior border ; veins black. pale yellow towards the base
and along the interior border. Length of the body 11 lines ; expansion of
the fore wings 22 lines.

a. Whydab. From Mr. Fraser's collection.

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