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slightly dilated in the middle, conical landward. Fore legs incras- 

 sated, spinose. Fore wings pale green, tawny towards the base ; 

 middle part with a large black ringlet which contains two black 

 dots. Length of the body 10 lines. 



Fam. Gryllidae. 



Acheta supplicans. Sordide testacea, capitis margine postico 

 discoque antico nigricantibus, thoracis margine postico fasciaque 

 incompleta nigricantibus, oviductu longo, alis lanceolatis, anticis 

 fuscescentibus, posticis longissimis. 



Dingy testaceous. Head blackish behind and on the disk in 

 front. Thorax with a slight longitudinal furrow, blackish along 

 the hind border, and with an irregular and incomplete blackish 

 band. Abdomen blackish above ; ovipositor longer than the ab- 

 domen ; caudal setae very bristly, as long as the ovipositor. Legs 

 with slight blackish marks ; hind tibiae very spinose. Fore wings 

 brownish, lanceolate. Hind wings lanceolate, pale testaceous, 

 twice the length of the fore wings. Length of the body 6 lines. 



Acheta .egiualis. Pallide testacea, capitis disco nigro semicircu- 

 lum testaceum includente, lituris inter antennas duabus nigris, 

 thorace fascia arcuata liturisque duabus capitatis nigris, pedibus 

 crassis, tibiis nigro-fasciatis, alis anticis longissimis nigro- venosis. 



Pale testaceous. Head black above, including a pale testaceous 

 semicircle, and with two black marks between the antennae, which 

 are tawny, except at the base. Thorax with a curved hindward 

 black band which is attenuated on each side, and projects a streak, 

 on each side of which there is an irregular capitate black mark. 

 Legs very stout ; tibiae with black bands. Fore wings very long, 

 with brown reticulations. Length of the body 8 lines. 



Acheta confirmata. Cervina, capitis disco nigro lineam trans- 

 versam maculamque anticam testaceas includente, abdomine supra 

 nigricante, alis anticis parvis, posticis longis lanceolatis testaceis. 



Fawn-colour. Head shining, with a black disk, which includes 

 a transverse testaceous line behind the antennae and a testaceous 

 spot between them. Thorax minutely rugulose, and with a slight 

 suture, which is obsolete hindward. Hind legs very stout ; tibiae 

 with thick spines. Abdomen blackish above ; setae bristly, shorter 

 than the abdomen. Fore wings short. Hind wings testaceous, 

 lanceolate, fully twice the length of the hind wings. Length of the 

 body 6 lines. 



Platydactylus crassipes. Rufescens, glaber, capite subconico, 

 antennis fulvis longis subpubescentibus, palpis testaceis, pedibus 

 testaceis crassis, tibiis anticis spinosis, alis breviusculis pallide 

 fuscescentibus. 



Reddish, smooth. Head somewhat conical. Antennae tawny, 

 very long, minutely pubescent. Palpi testaceous. Legs testa- 

 ceous, very stout, with a few slight blackish marks ; fore tibiae 



