14 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



supra utrinque fusco-lineatum, lateribus flavomarginatis. Alae tegminibus vix bre- 

 viores. Femora omnia viridescentia, posticorum marginibus inferioribus spinis armatis. 

 Tibiae pallide fuscescentes, posticae biseriatim spinosae. Tarsi graciles. Ovipositor 

 rectus. %. 



Long, corporis cum ovipositore 46 mm. ; pronoti 8 mm.; tegminum 38 mm.; fern, 

 post. 23 mm.; ovipositoris 17 mm. (Plate I. fig. 8.) 



Hab. Olaa, Hawaii (2000 ft.); i % taken, Dec. 1896. 



XiPHiDiUM Serv. 



( I ) Xiphidium fusctini Fab. 



Xiphidiuni fusctun, Brunner P. Z. S. 1895, p. 894. 

 Hab. Only in and around Honolulu. 



GRYLLODEA. 



Gryllotalpa Latr. 



( I ) Gryllotalpa africaua Fab. 



Hab. This introduced species abounds on the windward side of Oahu, and is 

 injurious on the sugar plantations. 



Myrmecophila Latr. 



(i) Myrmecophila quadrispina, sp. nov. 



Atrofusca, ore, antennis, pedibus, cercisque, vel nonnullis ex his, pallidis. Frons 

 capitis breviter pilosa. Corpus subtilissime sericeo-pubescens. Cerci conspicue pallido- 

 pilosi. Femora postica obscurata, fortissime dilatata ; tibiarum posticarum marginibus 

 interioribus spinis quattuor armatis, prima (sive basali) brevi, secunda quartaque multo 

 longioribus, tertia, quam spina basalis quoque, evidenter multo breviore. Z ?• Long. 

 2'2 mm. (Plate H. fig. 7.) 



Hab. Honolulu, in gardens in the city. An imported species, living in the nests 

 of foreign species of ants. 



Gryllus L. 



(i) Gryllus innotabilis Walk. 



Gryllus innotabilis, Brunner P. Z. S. Lond. 1895, p. 895. 

 Hab. Abundant on all the islands. 



