8 SUPPLEMENT. 



pellucid. Fore wings nearly as long as the abdomen. Hind wings 

 extending much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body b\ — 6 lines. 



It has more slender legs than G. concisus, and the band of the vertex 

 distinguishes it from G. minusculus. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



GKVLLUS CONFIG URATUS. 



Fcem. Niger ; caput postice luteo sexstrigatum ; pectus testaceum ; eerci 

 abdomine paullo longiores ; oviductus abdomine multo longior; alee 

 anticce cinerece, abdomidis apicem altingentes ; alee poslicae diaphance, 

 abdomen lonye superantes. 



Female. Black. Head shining ; hind part with six longitudinal 

 luteous streaks. Prothorax with three rows of short longitudinal luteous 

 streaks; inmost pair of streaks in the middle row converging forward. 

 Pectus testaceous. Cerci a little longer than the abdomen. Oviduct much 

 longer than the abdomen. Fore wings cinereous, extending to the tip of 

 the abdomen. Hind wings pellucid, extending very much beyond the 

 abdomen. Length of the body 6 lines. 



It has some resemblance to G. conspersus as regards the markings of 

 the prothorax, but those of the head are different, aud it has shorter hind 

 tibite. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Gryllus parvicefs. 



Mas. Piceus, nitens, subtus lestaceus ; caput parvum, anlice testaceum; 

 ■prothorax albido bivitlatus, anlice anguslior, laleribus rolundatis ; 

 cerci abdomine breviores ; pedes teslacei ; alee diaphana ; ala antica? 

 abdominis apicem altingentes ; alee postica abdomen longe superantes. 



Male. Piceous, testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax shining. 

 Head small, as broad as the fore border of the prothorax, testaceous 

 between the antenna; and the mouth. Antenna? testaceous. Prothorax 

 decreasing in breadth from the hind border to the fore border; sides 

 rounded, with a whitish stripe. Cerci shorter than the abdomen. Legs 

 testaceous. Wings pellucid. Fore wings extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Length of 

 the body 6 lines. 



The smaller head distinguishes it from all the other Asiatic species of 

 Gryllus. 

 a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Gryllus signipes. 



Fcem. Niger; caput nilens, fascia antica angusta guttaque anteriore 

 tuleis, facie clypeoque luteo marginatis ; prothorax opacus, strigis 

 dunbus lateralibus anticis pallide teslaceis ; venter basi teslaceus ; 

 oviductus ferrugineus, apice piceus, corpore paullo brevior ; pedes 

 teslacei, femoribus posticis extus strigis obliquis nigricanlibus bis 

 interrupts, femoribus qualuor anterioribus nigricanle notatis ; ata 

 antica fusca, abdominis apicem fere altingentes. 



