The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by A.E. Shipley, assisted by Guy A.K. Marshall. Orthoptera. (Acridiidae) / by W.F. Kirby.

Date:
1914
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Credit: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by A.E. Shipley, assisted by Guy A.K. Marshall. Orthoptera. (Acridiidae) / by W.F. Kirby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    above, though serrated and dentated; beiieatli it throws off a strong pointed projection, directed downwards over the vertex, and dentated above ; the extremity of the upper appendage is not furcate, as in C. humhertianus, but is irregidarly toothed and somewhat excavated beneath, between the extremity and the •lower brancli. The lateral abdominal carinas are strongly toothed iind serrulated. The tibite and tarsi are black, banded with yellow; hind tarsi with 4 or 5 small spines on che upper carina3, jind serrulated nearer the base. Length 8 mm. Ceylon (Roberts). Type in the British Museum. 8. Cladonotus latiramus, Ham. Cladonotus latiramus, Hancock, Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, pp. 107, 113, 114, pi. i, fis?. 1; id., Gen. Ins., Orth. Tetrig. 1906, p. 16, pi. i Kirby, Cat. Orth. iii, 1910, p. 9. Brown, very similar to the last species, but the pronotal process is nearly straight, expanding towards the upper extremity, where it is broadest, and subfurcate ; in frout it is strongly toothed and ■excavated, curving regularly inwards and outwards, the lower [projection over the vertex being comparatively short. Hind tibiae with numerous small spines on the upper carinae. Length 9 mm. Ceylon : Knndy (Green). Type in the Collection of J. L. Hancock. Described from a single male. Genus [MNEMA] nov.* Type, Cladonotus pelops, Walk. Range. Ceylon. Body apterous, strongly rugose. Vertex considerably wider than the width of the eye and with a spine on each side ; antennae very slender, on a level with the lower part of the eyes, the bifid carina projecting distinctly between them as seen from above. Pronotum very broad at the shoulders, the lateral angles lamin- ately tridentate, the long middle one acute; upper surface humped between the shoulders, and the median line strongly dentated behind; apex of pronotum acutely pointed, exteuding beyond the abdomen. Four front femora with strong triangular teeth, both above and below; four front tibiaj with two small nodules above; hind legs wanting. A strong spine on the upper side of the abdomen in front of the upcurved terminal plate. Possibly allied to Potua. * [Left unnamed in manuscript by Mr. Kirby.] o2