66 CATALOGUE OF 



rounded. Cerci very slender, about one-fourlh of ibe length of tbe abdo- 

 men. Lejis slender, nioileralely lonjj ; bind tibia; witli three slender spines 

 «in each side. Fore wings ralber broad, very slij;hlly reticulated, extending 

 to ibe tip if the aliddmen. Tympanum wiihout a transverse vein; ridge 

 on each side sliybily rounded ; subcostal space narrow, without oblique 

 veins. Hind wings not apparent. 



1. LOBEOA OVAI.IS. 



Mas. Testacia ; pmlhorax margine atitico fasciaque arcuala uigris ; 

 ala anticw hyaliiKe, testacen venoue. 



]\Iale. Testaceous. Protliorax with a black fore border, and in the 

 middle with a black band, which is curved forward. Fore wings hyaline; 

 veins testaceous. Length of tiie body 1 lines. 



a, b. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



nil. Fore wings wiihout transverse veins. 

 o. Legs not very slender. 



Genus 22. EXEOPTERA. 



Eneoptera, Burm. Ilandb. Ent. ii. 73() (ex parte). — Gryllus (Eneoptera), 

 Haan, Verh. Nat. Gisch. Ned. Ind. Bcz. Ins. 231. 



Eneoptera of Burmeister is identical with Platydactylus of Scrville, 

 but the former genus, as characterized by Haan, and here adopted, is 

 widely different. 



1. Eneoptera? guvllodes. 



Acheta gryllodes, Pallas, Spicil. Zool. ix. pi. 1 , f . 10. 



Jamaica. 



2. Eneopteba insulahis. 



Fcem. Nigra, kirsuta ; palpi albidi ; anti-nna: pracillinia:, corpore fere 

 duplo longiores ; cerci el ofiductus abdomine longiores ; pedes sat 

 graciles, femnribus testaceis ; ahe anlictc picew, abdominis apicem 

 fere ntlingenles. 



Female. Black, hirsute, shining. Head full as broad as ihc pro- 

 ihorax. Eyes picetnis. Palpi wliitisb. Antenna- very slender, nearly 

 twice the length of the body. Prolhorax much broader than long. Cerci 

 and oviduct rather longer than the abdomen, tbe latter tawny. Legs 

 rather slender; coxrr and Icmora testaceous. Fore wings piceous, extend- 

 ing neaily to the tip of the abdomen ; veins strongly markeil. Hind wings 

 full twice the liiiglh of the abdomen. Length of the body ."3 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



3. Eneoi'teua livida. 



livida, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 736. — Gryllus (Eneoptera) lividus, //aan, 

 Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 231. 



Brazil. 



