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CATALOGUE OF
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7. HETERACRlS
BASALIS.
Mas. Rufescens, gracilis ;
caput et prothorax vitta lata ferruginea nigro
marginata vittisque quatuor flavis ; caput
strigis duabus lateralibus
nigris, fastigio transverse subelliptico;
antennae piceae; prothorax
subtiliter scaber, vix carinatus ; prosterni
spina crassa, pallidissime
flava, non attenuat a; abdomen vitta lanceolata
maculisque transversis
lateralibus piceis ; femora postica flava extus
nigro vittata, intus
nigro trimaculata ; tibiae posticae fulvae spinis
apice nigris ; alae
anticae cinereae, corpore paullo breviores,
guttis punctisque subcos-
talibus nigris.
Male. Reddish, slender.
Head and prothorax with two yellow
stripes, and with a broad intermediate
ferruginous black-bordered stripe on
each side. Head smooth, with a short black streak
on each side behind
the eye ; tip of the vertex depressed,
transversely subelliptical ; front thinly
punctured, the four keels disappearing towards
the face. Eyes reddish,
ACRIDIDAE. 659
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oval. Antennae piceous.
Prothorax linely scabrous ; keel extremely
slight ; lateral keels defined ; transverse
impressed lines distinct ; fore
border straight ; sides slightly rounded ; hind
border rounded. ProsternaI
spine thick, very pale yellow, not tapering to
its tip, which is rounded.
Abdomen with a piceous lanceolate stripe, and on
each side with a row of
transverse piceous spots. Legs tawny ; hind
femora yellow, a little longer
than the abdomen, with a black stripe on the
outer side and with three black
spots on the inner side ; hind tibiae somewhat
shorter than the hind femora,
their spines with black tips. Fore wings
cinereous, a little shorter
than the body, with many black dots and points
along the costa ; veins
tawny. Hind wings pellucid ; veins black, whitish
at the base and along
the interior border. Length of the hody 13 lines
; expansion of the fore
wings 24 lines.
a. Sierra Leone.
Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan.
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