Kevan (1952), in discussing the genus Borneacris Ramme, 1941, erected a tribe, Borneacridini within what was then the subfamily Trigonopteryginae, to contain it. In this tribe he included also the genus Moultonia I. Bolivar, 1914, but with a query, since he had been unable to see a specimen. Neither the male holotype of the single included species, M. violacea I. Bolivar, 1914, nor the only other known specimen, a female erroaeously designated as an allotype of the same species by Ramme (1941), had been traced when Kevan (1957) confirmed bis opinion that Moultonia and Borneacris belonged to the same group, Ramme's illustrations leaving little doubt of tue correctness of this action. The tribe containing the two genera was raised to subfamily status rwithin the Trigonopterygidae (recently elevated to family status by Dirsh (1956)), since the Borneacridines, although clearly related to the Trigonopterygines, are very distinct trom them.

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