GRYLLID^. 95 



8. CEcANTHus Pebdvianus. 



Mas. Pallide tesiaceus, nitens, gro.cillimus ; palpi /ili formes ; prolhorax 

 elonyalus, laterihus reclis ; pedes gracillimi, tibiis poslicis subserra- 

 tis ; alee anlicce diaphancB, latissimce, abdomen longe svperantes. 



Mas. Pale testaceous, shining, very slender. Head elongated, as 

 long as the protborax. Eyes small, piceous, not prominent. Palpi fili- 

 form ; third joint longer than the second. Prolhorax much longer than 

 broad; sides straight. Legs very slender; hind tibiae very minutely ser- 

 rated. Wings pellucid ; veins whitish. Fore wings very broad, extending 

 mu<;h bej'ood the abdomen, not reticulated ; mediastinal vein with about 

 twelve oblique parallel branches. Hind wings extending much beyond the 

 fore wings. Length of the body 6 lines. 



The colour of the antenuse distinguishes this species from CE. vari- 

 rornis. 



Peru. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



9. CECANTHCS TENUIS. 



Foem. Testaceo-albidus, gracillimus ; caput producium, prolhorace paullo 

 brevius ; palpi filiformes, gracillimi ; antennie corpore duplo lon- 

 giores ; prolhorax elongatus, laterihus fere reclis ; cerci abdomine 

 breviores ; oviduclus abdomine vix brevior ; pedes gracillimi, tibiis 

 posticis biseriatim spinosis ; alee anlicce alba, reliculatce, abdomen 

 longe superanles ; aire posticce valde longiores. 



Female. Testaceous-whitish, shining, very slender. Head elongated, 

 a little shorter than the protborax. Eyes piceous, slightly elongated and 

 prominent. Palpi filiform, very slender ; third joint a little longer than 

 the second. Antennae full twice the length of the body. Protborax much 

 longer than broad ; sides almost straight. Cerci shorter than the abdo- 

 men. Oviduct almost as long as the abdomen ; tip piceous. Legs very 

 slender; hind tibiae with a very few spines on each side near the tips. Fore 

 wings white, extending much beyond the abdomen, regularly reticulated ; 

 subcostal space with five very oblique branches of the mediastinal vein. 

 Hind wings pellucid, extending much beyond the fore wings. Length of 

 the body 5 lines. 



More slender than CE . pellucens. 



a, b. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



S. Asia. 



10. CECANTHUS RDFESCENS. 



rufescens, Sew. Hist. Orth. 361. 



Bombay. 



11. CEcANTHUs Sinensis. 



Foem. Tesiaceus ; caput producium ; palpi filiformes ; prolhorax elan, 

 gatus, antice subanguslior, lateribus fere reclis ; venter nigro bivit- 

 tatns ; pedes graciles ; alee anlicce abdomine breviores. 



