190 CATALOGUE UK 



eacli side towards llie lip; hind tibix williout spines, except those at the 



tip. Length of ihe body 15 lines. 



a, b. Tasmania. From Dr. Hooker's colleciion. 



aaa. Wingless species. Four anterior libia; with shorter and generally 

 fewer pairs of spines, 

 c. Hind libi£ without any spines on the back. 



69. Gryllacris amullans. 

 anobulaus, Erichson, Wieffm, Arch. viii. 249. Gerst. Wiegm. Arch. xxvi. 



275. 

 Tasmania. 



cc. Hind tibia; with the spines as usual. 

 70. Gkvllackis Caiiohnensis. 

 Carolinensis, Gerst. Wiegm. Arch, xxvi, 27(j. 

 Carolina. 



71. GllVLLACRIS GLOMEHINA. 



glomerina, Gerst. Wiegm. Arch. xxvi. 277. 



Cape. 



72. Gryllacris scuinx. 



sphinx, Gerst. Wiegm. Arch. xxvi. 27b. 



Cape. 



Genus 9. LARNACA. 



Fcem. Corpus glabrum, nitens, subcyliudricum, vertice valde rolun- 

 dato, fronte subpunctata. Prothorax lonj^iusculus, anlice subanpuslior, 

 inarj^ine subrcfk-xo, lalciibus fere reclis. C'eici fjraciles. OviducUis brevis, 

 subuis recur* us. Petlcs robusti, breviusculi ; femora poslica cra^sa, spinis 

 plurimis parvis biseriatim armata ; tibia; qualuor auteriores biserialiui 

 quinquespinosa ; liliia* postica; biseriatim sepiemspinosa,' ; liliix' poslicse 

 biseriatim scplemspinosu: ; tarsi laliuscuii, aiticulo 3o brevissimo. Als 

 abdomen nou superantes. 



Female. Body convex, smooth, shining, mostly cylindrical. Head 

 hardly broader than the prothorax, much rounded above; lore part per- 

 pendicular, with a few punctures; face with a slight middle ridge; labriim 

 elongate. Eyes prominent, nearly elliplicai. Antennx" long, slender. 

 Prothorax elongate, a little narrower in front; an angular furrow on each 

 side; border slightly reflexed; sides nearly straight. C'erci slender. Ovi- 

 duct curved downward, much shorter than the abdomen. Legs stout, 

 rather short; hind femora thick, with a row of filteen minute spines on 

 each side; four anterior tibia; with live rather long spines on each side; 

 hind tibia; with seven small s])incs on each side; tarsi rather broad; third 

 joint extremely short. Wings extending to the lip of the abdomen. Fore 

 wings with numerous and regular transverse sectors. 



This genus hardly differs from Gryllacris, except in the slruclure of 

 tlic oviduct. 



