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Female. Testaceous, convex, smooth, shining. Head a little broadev 

 than the prothorax, very convex above, slightly prominent between the 

 antennae; fore part perpendicular, transversely and very finely striated; 

 three yellow dots representing the ocelli ; front piceous. Eyes prominent. 

 Fifih joint of the maxillary palpi a liltle longer than the fourth. Antennae 

 tawny. Prothorax transverse, with a much-rounded furrow on each side ; 

 borders slightly reflexed ; fore border much rounded in the middle; sides 

 slightly rounded. Oviduct slightly curved upward, piceous towards the 

 tip, much longer than the abdomen. Legs stout, rather long; hind femora 

 with two rows of minute black spines, eight on the outer side, those on the 

 inner side fewer and more minute; hind tibiae with six small black-tipped 

 spines on the outer side and with five on the inner side. Wings extending 

 a little beyond the abdomen. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 

 18 lines; of the wings 40 lines. 



Ceram or Amboina. In Mr, Saunders' collection, 



47, Grvllacrts perloides. 



Mas, Lulea, sat gracilis; caput inter antennas planum, piceo uni- 

 plagialujn ; palpi teslacei ; prothorax fasciis duabns nigricantibus, 

 la brevi informi lineam emiltenle ; alee pallide cinerece, testaceo 

 venoscE, venulis transversis fuscescenlibus. 



Male. Luteous, rather slender. Head hardly broader than the pro- 

 thorax, flat and with a piceous patch between the sockets of the antennae; 

 front thickly and minutely punctured. Palpi testaceous; fifth joint of the 

 maxillary palpi filiform, hardly longer than the fourth ; third joint of the 

 labial palpi capitate. Prothorax transverse, with a blackish band on the 

 fore border and another on the hind border; the first band short, irregular, 

 emitting a line to the disk. Legs stout; hind femora with four short 

 spines on each side; hind tibiae with about five very minute spines on each 

 side. Wings pale cinereous, of equal length; veins testaceous; transverse 

 sectors brownish, numerous, regular; transverse veins along the costa of 

 the fore wings oblique, testaceous. Length of the body 15 lines ; of the 

 wings 36 lines. 

 a. Australia. From Mr. Damel's collection. 



48. Gryllackis scita. 



Mas. Lutea, sat gracilis; caput ptaga maxima nigra maculam 

 luteam includente ; palpi pallide jiavi ; antennce corpore triplu loji- 

 giores ; prothorax fascia postica tenui nigricante ; pedes robusti ; 

 alee albida, venis pallide testaceis, venulis transversis fuscis ; alee 

 anlicce basi testaceo vix suffusce. 



Male. Luteous, smooth, shining, rather slender. Head very little 

 broader than the prothorax, with a very large flat black frontal patch, 

 which includes a nearly round luteous spot. Eyes black, prominent. 

 Mandibles black. Palpi pale yellow; fifth joint of the maxillary palpi 

 subclavate, longer than the fourth ; third joint of the labial palpi clavate. 

 Antennae very slender, about thrice the length of the body. Prothorax 

 transverse; a narrow blackish band on the hind border; a transverse fur- 

 row near the fore border and an oblique furrow on each side. Legs stout ; 



