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13. Gryllacris maculipes. 



Mas. Flava, fronle subcarinata ; proihorax linea media antice dilatata 

 plagisque duabus magnis strigas qualuor emittentibus nigris ; -pedes 

 breviusculi, femoribus fascia subapicali lata nigra, tibiis nigro hi- 

 fascialus ; alee anlicce pallide teslacete ; alee poslicm albidce,fasciis 

 sex fuscis anguslis subangulosis. 

 Male. Yellow, smootli, shining. Head red, as broad as the pro- 

 thorax, minutely punctured in front, slightly grooved between the eyes, 

 which are black ; clypeus pale yellow in Iront. Mandibles piceous. Palpi 

 pale yellow ; fifth joint of the maxillary palpi notched at the tip, rather 

 longer than the fourth ; apical joint of the labial palpi clavate. Prothorax 

 transverse; borders slightly reflexed ; markings black; a black line dilated 

 in front, and on each side a large black patch which emits two streaks in 

 front and two behind. Cerci extending very little beyond the the tip of the 

 abdomen. Legs rather short, moderately stout; femora with a broad black 

 subapicul band ; hind femora with five minute black spines on the outer 

 side and with fewer on the inner side ; fore tibiae black at the base and at 

 the tip ; four posterior tibiae with a black band near the base and another 

 near the tip; hind tibiae with six minute black-tipped spines on each side. 

 Fore wings pale testaceous, almost as long as the hind wings; veins a little 

 darker. Hind wings whitish, with six slender brown slightly zigzag bands 

 on the transverse sectors, which are black ; submarginai sectors without a 

 band. Length of the body 11 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Corea. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 



Foem ? Flava ; caput, rufum, margine poslico maculisque duabus anticis 

 Jlavis ; prothorax strigis quatuor obliquis maculaque lineolam emit- 

 tente nigris ; oviductus subrectus, abdomine paullo longior. 



Female P Yellow. Head red, yellow about the hind border, and with 

 a yellow spot on each side of the clypeus. Apical joint of the labial palpi 

 capitate. Prothorax with two broad oblique black streaks on each side, the 

 anterior streaks joining the fore border, the hind pair having between them 

 a round black spot which emits a short line in front. Oviduct nearly 

 straight, a little longer than the abdomen. Fore tibiae with two black bands, 

 one near the base, the other near the tip. Bands of the hind wings less 

 regular than those of the male. 



The bands on the legs distinguish it from G. signifera and from 

 G. maculicollis. The bands of the hind wings are less regular than those 

 of G. signifera, and are more separated from each other than those of 

 G. maculicollis. 



b. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



14. Gryllacris tessellata. 

 Locusta tessellata, Drury, Exot. Ins. ii. 80, pi. 42, f. 3— Gryllacris tessellata, 



Gerst. Wiegin. Arch. xxvi. 258. 

 Isle Johanna, near Madagascar. 



