96 CATALOG IK OF 



Female. Testaceous, shining, slender. Head elongated, iilmosl as 

 lonp as the prothoiHX. Eyes piceoiis, elonfjated, not pmininent. Palpi 

 slender, fililonn ; tliiid joint longer than the second. Proihorax much 

 lun;;er than broad, sliylilly narrower in front; sides nearly straight. Ab- 

 (iou)i'n with a black snipe on each side beneath. Letrs slender. Wings 

 much shorter than ihe al)donien. Length of the body 5 lines. 



The description is incomplete, and the specimen here recorded is 

 mutilated, and appurenily has not attained its ultimate state. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 

 Australasia. 



12. CECANIHLS GRACILIS. 



Gryllus (CEcanthus) gracilis, Ilaan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 

 236, pi. 20, f. 8. 



Javo. Horneo. Celebes. 



13. QilCANTHUS LIXEATUS. 



Mas. Pallide testaceus, gracillirnus ; caput prodttctum ; palpi fili- 

 foiines ; anttnnie gracillima, corpore plus duplo longiores ; proihorax 

 elongalus, anticf ungustior ; abdomen linea dorsali nigricante ; cerci 

 abdomitie breviores ; pedes gracillimi, tibiis sex-spinosis ; ahc antic<e 

 diaphance sal later, abdomen longe stiperantes, villa subcoslali tes- 

 tacea ; alee posticie valde longiores. 



Male. Pale testaceous, very slender. Head elongated, much shorter 

 than the proihorax. Eyes brownish, suiall, elongated. Palpi slender, fili- 

 form ; third joint longer than the second. Antenna? very slender, more 

 than twice the length of the body. Proihorax longer than broad, narrower 

 in from. Abdomen with a blackish line above. Cerci shorter than the 

 abdomen. Legs very slender; hind libias with six short slender spines on 

 the outer side. Wings pellucid. Pore wings moderately broad, not reti- 

 culated, extending much beyond the abdomen ; a testaceous stripe along 

 the meiliastinal vein, from which there are nine oblique branches to the 

 costa, those near the base approximate. Hind wings extending much 

 beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 8 lines. 



Morelon Bay. Fiji Isles. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



ii. Head not elongated. 



Genus 36. LAUREPA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Caput non pioductum, antice subcarinatum. 

 Oculi sat prominuli. Palporum ariiculus 3us clavatus, oblique Iruncatus, 

 2o longior. Antenna* graciles, corpore ])lus duplo longiores. I'rothorax 

 transversus, antice subangustior, laleribus rectis. Cerci abdomine bre- 

 viores. Pedes vix graciles, tibiis posticis biseriaiim serratis cxtus quadri- 

 spinosis intus septem-spinosis. A\x antica; abdomen non superantes, 

 apices versus reticulata-, tympano bene dclerminato. Ala: posticas abdo- 

 men longe superantes. 



