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83. Gkyllus dimixuens. 



Mas. Niger, nilens ; caput fidvo notatum ; palpi picei ; anttnncE corpore 

 longiores ; prnthorax margine anlico tenuiter fulvo ; venter ferru- 

 gineus ; cerci ftdvi, ahdomine multo breviores ; pedes picei, femorib us 

 posticis subliis testaceis ; aim anticce cinerecc, abdomine mullo 

 breviores, apud costam diaphanee venis albidis ; alee postica nullce. 

 Vav. ? — Prolhorax postice fulvo bimaculatus ; abdomen segmentoram 

 marginibus ventreque fulvis ; alee nigra;, minhnce, margine vittaque 

 ftilvis. Foem ? — Ovidiictus fulvus, abdomine paidlo longior ; alee 

 anlicm abdominis dimidio bveviores, basi costaque testaceis. 



Male. Black, shining. Head with some tawny marks in front. 

 Ocelli yellow. Palpi piceous. Autennse longer than the body. Prothorax 

 with a narrow tawny fbie border. Abdomen ferruginous beneath. Cerci 

 tawny, much shorter than the abdomen. Legs piceous; hind femora testa- 

 ceous beneath ; hind tibiae with four tawny spines on each side. Fore 

 wings cinereous, full half the length of the abdomen ; veins whitish in the 

 subcostal space, which is pellucid. Var.? — Prothorax with a tawny spot 

 on each side of the hind border. Abdomen with the hind borders of the 

 segments tawny ; under side tawny, piceous at the tip. Wings black, 

 rudimentary, each with a tawny border and a tawny stripe. Female? — 

 Oviduct tawny, a little longer than the abdomen. Fore wings much less 

 than half the length of the abdomen, testaceous at the base and along the 

 costa. Length of the body 7 lines. 



It has some resemblance to G. miser, but the body and legs are much 

 darker. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



b. S.Australia. Presented by K. Bakewell, Esq. 



c. Tasmania. From Mr. A.J. Smith's collection. 



84. GrYLLUS PAIIVULUS. 



P'oem, Niger, nilens, subtus luteus ; caput vilta, fascia facieque luleis ; 

 palpi picei ; anlennce corpore longinres ; prothorax strigis sex posticis 

 traiisversis litliis ; cerci abdomine breviores ; oviductus abdomini 

 aquilortgus ; pedes sordide testacei, femori bus posticis piceo strigatis ; 

 alee anticec picece, abdomine breviores, linea testacea, apud costam 

 diaphance testaceo venosee ; (dee posticee nulles. 



Female. Black, shining, luteous beneath. Head with the fore pari, 

 a slender stripe on the vertex and a narrow band between the eyes luteous. 

 Ocelli luteous. Palpi piceous. Antennae luteous at the base, longer than 

 the body. Prothorax with three transverse luteous streaks on each side 

 near the hind border. Cerci piceous, shorter than the abdomen. Oviduct 

 as long as the abdomen. Legs dingy testaceous; hind femora with piceous 

 oblique streaks on the outer side; hind tibiae with five spines on each side. 

 Fore wings piceous, about two-thirds of the length of the abdomen, with a 

 testaceous line along the lateral keel; subcdsial space pellucid, with testa- 

 ceous veins. Hind wings obsolete or rudimentary. Leni;th of the body 

 5^ lines. 



