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Show 246 MESSRS. MOORE, WALKER, AND SMITH [Mar. 7, veinlet, the sixth and seventh divided by the lower subcostal the latter spot being very small: hind wing with a subbasal transparent spot extending to the extreme abdominal margin, where it is tinged with yellow. Head in front and coxae yellowish white ; spot at base of abdomen above, and a band extending round the abdomen orange-yellow; anal tuft in female yellowish white. Proboscis, palpi, antennae, and legs black ; tarsi whitish; antennae tipped with white. Expanse, <_* lyo» ? 1 _ inch. 5. SYNTOMIS FYTCHEI, Moore, n. sp. (Plate XVIII. fig. 3.) Male. Brownish black : fore wing transparent, veins black ; costa and posterior margin with narrow black border; space between discoidal veinlets, the apex of wing, and exterior margin black, extending upward on the latter near the angle: hind wing with anterior margin and apex narrowly bordered with black. Front of the head white ; collar round thorax, coxae, and a basal and median abdominal band orange-yellow. Proboscis, palpi, antennae, and legs black ; tip of antennae and tarsi whitish. Expanse lT\y inch. Order ORTHOPTERA. Fam. ACRIDID,-E. 1. O P O M A L A TENEBROSA, Walker, n. sp. Female. Piceous or ferruginous, slender, slightly compressed. Head and prothorax with a very slight middle keel, and with a few very slight longitudinal ridges. Tip of the vertex flat, short-conical; front tawny, oblique, speckled with black, with four well-defined diverging keels ; inner keels united near the tip of the vertex. Antennae flat, lanceolate, about twice the length of the head. Prothorax with a very slight keel on each side; fore border hardly rounded ; hind border slightly rounded. Hind femora as long as the abdomen. Hind tibiae a little shorter than the hind femora; spines stout, of equal size. Fore wings with irregular and very minute areolets; those towards the tips larger, elongated, and regular. Hind wings cinereous hyaline, blackish at the tips; veins black, pale green or pale yellow at the base and along the interior border. Length of the body 14 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 24 lines. 2. CYRTACANTHACRIS PUNCTIPENNIS, Walker, n. sp. Male. Tawny, slender, testaceous beneath. Head short; tip of the vertex depressed, nearly round ; front punctured, slightly oblique, with four well-defined diverging keels; inner keels ending in the flat ridge which extends from the tip of the vertex. Antennae slender, a little longer than the head and the prothorax together. Prothorax with a very slight keel, which is most apparent near the hind border ; four transverse impressed lines, the first, as usual, widely interrupted in the middle; fore border hardly curved; hind border slightly elongated and angular. Prosternal spine thick, oblique, rounded at |