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Closely resembles G. piistulipss, but differs from it in the imukinns of 

 the protborax. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



91. GrYLLUS MINDSCULUS. 



AJas. Testaceus, tomentosus ; caput nilens, nu/ricante quadristrigattim el 

 unifasciatum , fascia unteriore fusra ; palpi albido-testacei ; antenncc 

 picecB, basi teslacea;,corpore muilo longiores ; prolhorax fusco puncta- 

 tus et bim aciilatus et triyutlatus, nigra bislrigalus ; abdomen fusco 

 conspersum ; cerci abdomine paullo longiores ; femora poslica fusco 

 pallida subobsolete strigata ; ala vix ulla. 



Male. Testaceous, tomentose. Head shininfi^, with four longitudinal 

 blackish streaks which are attenuated and paler towards the hind border; a 

 blackish Ijuud between the eyes, deeply excavated in front; an anterior 

 brown spot. Eyes black. Palpi whitish testaceous. Anlennte piceous, 

 testaceous towards the base, much lonfjer tlian ihe body. Protborax with 

 some brown points, with a transverse brown spot on each side in the disk, 

 with three shorter transverse brown dots nearer the hind border and with a 

 longitudinal black streak on each side. Abdomen speckled with brown. 

 Cerci a little longer than the abdomen. Hind femora with very indis- 

 tinct oblique pale brown streaks ; hind tibiae wiih six spines on the outer 

 side and with four on the inner side. Wings rudimentary. Length of the 

 body 5i lines. 



It has most resemblance to G. pallidissimus, but the cerci are longer. 



ci. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



Oceania. 



92. Gryllus innotabilis. 



Mas. Niger; caput lineis sex margineque anlico fulvis; palpi fulvi^ 

 apice picei ; antennce corpori aquilongce; prolhorax margine postico 

 maculisque duabus fulvis ; cerci ferruginei, abdomine paullo breviores ; 

 oviduclus rufescens, abdomine longior ; pedes picei aut fulvi,femori- 

 bus posticis slrigatis, tarsis posticis saturate rufescentibus'j ahe anticm 

 luridcB, abdomine breviores. Mas. — Alw posticce abdomen longissime 

 superantes. Foem. — AIcb posticce abdomine vix breviores. 



Male and female. Black. Head with six tawny lines ; the two outer 

 on each side extending from the hind border to the eye and there united j 

 fore border tawny. Palpi tawny; third joint piceous towards the tip. 

 Antenna as long as the body. Prolhorax with a tawny spot on each side 

 of the hind border, which is also tawny. Pectus ferruginous. Cerci ferru- 

 ginous, a little shorter than the abdomen. Oviduct reddish, much longer 

 than the cerci; valves forked. Legs piceous or tawny; hind femora 

 obliquely streaked on the outer side; hind tibiae with five or six spines along 

 each side; tarsi dark reddish. Fore wings lurid, rather shorter than the 

 abdomen in the male, nearly as long as the abdomen in the female. Hind 

 wings extending very much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 

 8—9 lines. 



