in the British Museum. 475 
Gryllus oligocenus, sp. un. (Fig. 41.) 
Length of tegmen 4°3 mm., width (excluding part above 
longitudinal division) 2 mm.; basal half reddish brown, 
shaded with yellowish, apical part paler, with two dusky 
spots near lower margin. 
Fig. 41. 
Gryllus oligocenus, sp. 0. 
H. 1210. Possibly only a variation of the last, but 
apparently distinct, as it is considerably smaller, and 
differs notably in the venation. 
HomMopreRa. 
Fulgoride. 
Poekilloptera (?) melanospila, sp. n. (Fig. 42.) 
A fragment of a wing, 13 mm. long and 8 wide, with 
colourless veins, enclosing large intense black spots, the 
larger ones about 2 mm. across. 
Poekilloptera (?) melanospila, sp. n. 
H. 48. On comparison, this exactly agrees in character 
and markings with the anterior wing of Poekilloptera 
phalenoides (l.), from the Neotropical Region, This is a 
