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Sub-family Acridinae. Subaquatic, small, mostly recorded from
Bombay or round about. Most of them dull brown, full of protuberances,
spines on thorax, tegmina ending in a thin process. L, 24-26 mm. S.
uncinata L. 11 mm. In some species like T. dorsifer thorax ridged, fawn
coloured eyes raised, in some front legs compressed. Length 10-26 mm.
Sub-family Tryxalinae. Legs generally spiny. Recorded generally in
Bombay and round about, G. simplex. Darkish brown, black band on head,
thorax with 3 ridges. Tegmina long. L. 18 mm. Dociostaurus spp. are with
slight differencesbrown above, yellow below, yellow stripes on thorax,
black spots at the end. Tegmina hyaline with spots and stripes. Length 13-
23 mm. A. tamulus. Green, brow n or reddish, tegnmia with brown or
whitish spaces. Hind femur slender, banded brown, tarsi yellow, blue and
red. Length 18 mm. Pest on cultivated grasses, legumes, cotton etc. A.
affinis, Reddish brown, abdomen yellowish with dark spots. Tegmina
spotted. L. 19-24 mm. Pest on sugarcane, jawar etc, S bicolor small, green,
brown, etc, universally feeding on grasses.
Sub-family Oedipodinae. Very common in Western Ghats. Fairly big
20-40 mm. brown or greenish with markings on tegmina. Wings
transparent, big, partly coloured, G. marmoratus. Green and brown,
whitish marks at base of tegmina, a curved black central band in the
wings. Feeds on paddy, lucern etc. L. 35-40 mm. H. respondens. Reddish
yellow spotted with black, thorax velvety, wings tinged red and yellow,
black markings above, L. 19-22 mm. Feeds on low grasses.
Sub-family Batracotetriginae. E. granulosa noted in Bombay. Female
with traces of black spots and bands on thorax, tegmina reddish, dark
spotted, wings hyaline, yellowish at base, interrupted brown band beyond.
L. 38-50 mm.
Sub-family Pyrgomorphinae. Surface grass-hoppers, with short
tegmina. Chrotogonus spp. (खरपुडी, नाडी, नाडत , नाडतोडे) डी, नाडततुर)