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Cerci less than half llie length of the abdomen. Oviduct as lonji as the 

 body. Legs hmp, slender: hind femora abruptly attenuated at half the 

 length ; hind tiliiae minutely serrated and with four spines on each side, 

 the spines on one side alternate wiih those on the other. Fore winps 

 exlendinsr to the tip of the abdomen. Tympanum of the male moderately 

 large. Hind wings exlendinj^ much beyond the abdomen. 



1. NiSITRA MARGINATA. 



Mas el foem. Niger ; caput antice sublusque, pectus, renter et prolhoracis 

 latrra pallide flavii ; femora sublui teslacea ; alee antica lurida, vilta 

 subcnslali ni(/ra ; ala poslica diaphance, nigricante late marginata. 



Male and female. Black. Head, except the vertex and the front, 

 pale yellow. Eyes reddish. Palpi pale yellow. Antenna; black. Pectus, 

 sides of the prothorax and abdomen beneath pale yellow. Legs black ; 

 femora testaceous beneath. Fore wings lurid, black along the lateral keel. 

 Hind wings pellucid, broadly bordered with blackish, this hue decreasinjf 

 in breadth from the costa to the interior angle. Length ol the body 6i 

 lines. 



Borneo. 



a. Sumatra. From Sir S. Raffles' collection. 



hh. Prothorax very long and narrow. 

 i. Head elongated. 



Genus 35. CEGANTHUS. 



Gryllus, Scop. Ent. Cam. 32. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. — Acheta, Fabr., 

 Charp., Cgriltn, Parr. — Grvllomyia, Scidl. CEcanlhus, Serv. Rev. 

 Hisl. Orth. 358. 



Europe. 



1. fEcANTHtS I'KLLt'CEXS. 



Schaff., Icon. Ins. Ralisb. pi. 138, f. 4, 5 — Semblis lutaria, Petagna, 

 Jmtit. Ent. pi. 4, f. 2 — Meconema vaiia. Fisrh. de Waldh. Orth. 

 Ross. pi. f^, f. 6 — CEcanthns pellucens, Brulle. Ui^t. Sat. An. Art. \x. 

 174, pi. 18, f. 1. Serv. Hint. Orth. 3(i0. Fisch. Orth. Eur. ]()5, pi. 

 9, f. 14. Blanch. Hint. Nat. Ins. iii. 31, pi. 8, f. 3— CEcanlhus 

 ilalicus, Stiph. III. Brit. Fnl. Mand. vi. 6. Ravib. Fuune. And. 41 — 

 Giyllus inllucciis. Scop. Ent Cam. 324 — Gr\llus italicus, Olir. F^nc. 

 Melh. \\. .12. i<»/r. 6V»i. iii. Jl}) — Acheta Allidui? Fabr. Sp. Ins. — 

 Acheia italu a, Fnbr. Ent. Sg.'it. ii. 32. Panz. Faun. In.i. Germ. 22, 

 pi. 17. Chiirp. JJor. Fnl. 7iK Cgrillo, Sp'C. Ins. Niap. pi. 7, f. 5, H 

 — Achcia aqueii ? Fubr. FJnt. Si/st. Suppl. 192 — Gryllus (Q:lcauthus) 

 ilalicus, Burm. handb. Ent. ii. 731. 



a — c. Italy. Presented by Dr. Leach. 



d. Provence. From I'rof. Wcstwood's collection. 



e. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. .Morgan. 

 /. W. .Africa. Frini Mr. Eraser's collection. 



