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in front ; llie inner pair atteniiHted in front; tlie outer pair very short; 

 some minute bl.icl; marks in front. Eyes bhick. Antenuce piceous, testa- 

 ceous towards tlie base. Prolhnrax with a broad black slightly undulalinj; 

 stripe 01) each side; disk with a transverse lanceolate curved pale streak on 

 each side. Hind fenmra with oblique pale bnnvu streaks ; hind libine with 

 five spines on the outer side and with lour on the inner side; anterior 

 femora with brown spots; anterior til>iiE with brown bands. Fore wings 

 cxiending nearly to the lip of the abdomen. Hind wings not apparent, 

 licnglh of the body 7 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the llev, D. F. Morgan. 



47. Gryllus ignobilis. 



Foem. Piceus, lomenloaus ; caput nilens, ful.vo biplagialum ; antennoi 

 corpnre mullo loitgiores ; cerci abdomine paullo longiores ; ovidticliis 

 cnrpore vix brevior ; femora poslica fulva singula ; alee anlicce 

 abdomine breviores, basi slrigaque lestaceis, apud costam cinerecB venis 

 Ipslaceis ; alee posliccE brevissimce aul nulla. Mas. — Caput fulvo 

 bilincatum ; alee antica abdnminc vix breviores, gulla basali costaque 

 basi albidis. 



Female. Piceous, tomentose. Head shining; sockets of the antennae 

 and a patch in front of each eye tawny. Mandibles reddish, black at the 

 base and wiih black teeth. Eyes ferrugiuous. Antennae much longer than 

 the body. Cerci a little longer than the abdomen. Oviduct nearly as long 

 as the body, forked at the tip. Hind femora with tawny oblique streaks; 

 hind tibia with six spines on the outer side and with five on the inner side. 

 Fore wings shorter than the abdomen, testaceous at the base, and with a 

 testaceous streak along the mediastinal vein ; costal space cinereous, with 

 testaceous veins. Hind wings not developed. Male. — Head with two 

 longitudinal tawny lines mi the vertex. Fore wings nearly as long as the 

 abdomen; a whiti.-h dot at the base of the mediastinal \ein; costal space 

 whitish at the base. Length of the body t) lines. 



a — d. Natal. From M.Gueinzius' collection. 



48. Grvllus macrukus. 



Foem. Piceus, tomentosus ; caput nilens, facie sordide testacea ; palpi 

 picei ; antenncE corp'n-e mullo bmgiores ; venler leslaceo vitlatus ; cerci 

 sordide fulvi, abdomine longiores ; oviduclus corpore paullo longior ; 

 pedes poslici longi, femoribus cinereo subslrigalis ; alee anlicee 

 fuscescentes, abdominis apicem atlingentes, picco vnivittalee ; alie 

 poslicee abdomen longissime superantes. 



Female. Piceous, tomentose. Head shining, tomentose along the 

 hind border, dingy testaceous in front. Paljii piceous. Antennas black, 

 much longer than the body. Abdomen beneath with a diniiy testaceous 

 stripe. Cerci dingy tawny, longer than the alulonien. Oviduct a little 

 longer than the body. Hind legs elon;;ate ; femora obliquely and 

 indistinctly streaked wit'i cinereous ; hind tibiae with six spines on the 

 outer side and with five on the inner side. Fore wings brownish, as long 

 as the abdomen, with a piceous stripe along the lateral keel. Hind wings 



