UKYLLlDvE. 1 1 



Male. Tawny, shining:, testaceous beneath. Head large, prominent. 

 Eyes with pieeous disks. Palpi testaceous ; third joint clavate, truncated 

 at the tip. Antenna; pieeous, longer than the body. Cerci much shorter 

 than the abdomen. Hind tibiae with four spines on each side. Fore wings 

 pieeous, tawny at the base, extending much beyond the abdomen ; trans- 

 verse sectors numerous. Hind wings extending much beyond the lore 

 wings. Length of the body 13 lines. 



The smaller size, narrower body and less robust structure distinguish 

 it from B. achalinus. 



a — c. Madras. Presented by the Bev. A. Taylor. 



4. Brachytrypes eerreus. 



Fcem. Piceus, sublus fulvus, B. terrifico minor et gracilior ; vrolhoracis 

 lalera fnlva ; abdomen lestaceum, vitlis duabus ventralibus piceis ; 

 femora postica exlus strigata ; alw qualuor longiludine (equates, ab- 

 domen paullo superantes. 



Female. Pieeous, smooth, shining, tawny beneath. Head prominent, 

 globose above. Eyes with black disks. Third joint of the palpi clavate, 

 truncated. Antenna; pieeous. Prothorax tawny on each side. Abdomen 

 testaceous, with two pieeous ventral stripes. Cerci about half the length of 

 the abdomen. Oviduct about half the length of the cerci. Hind femora 

 darker on the outer side, where there are paler oblique parallel streaks ; 

 hind tibia; with three short spines on each side. Wings of equal length, 

 extending a little beyond the abdomen. Fore wings acute; costal space 

 colourless, with pale veins. Length of the body 13 lines. 



It is smaller and more slender than B. tcrrificus, and the spines of 

 the hind tibia; are much shorter. 

 a. Madras. Presented by — Jordan, Esq. 



5. Brachytrypes bisignatus. 



Mas. Piceus, subtus fulvus ; caput anlice fulvum ; palpi testacei ; pro- 

 thorax rufescente bimaculatus ; abdomen lestaceum ; femora postica 

 substrigata ; ala? anticm fulvee, abdomen superantes ; alee postica 

 mul to longiores. B. ferreo affinis ; oculi majores ; tibia posticce 

 spinis apicalibus longioribus. 



Male. Pieeous, shining, tawny beneath. Head rather prominent; 

 fore part tawny; sockets of the antennae, an intermediate dot and fore 

 border testaceous. Palpi testaceous : third joint clavate. Antenna; pieeous, 

 longer than the body. Prothorax with a transverse reddish spot on each 

 side of the disk. Abdomen testaceous. Cerci much shorter than the ab- 

 domen. Hind femora slightly streaked. Fore wings testaceous-cinereous, 

 exteuding beyond the abdomen ; a brown patch on the hind part of the 

 base; veins along the lateral keel blackish; subcostal space pellucid. Hind 

 wings pellucid, extending much beyond the hind wings; costa and sub- 

 costal streak testaceous ; veins white. Length of the body 14 lines. 



It has much resemblance to B.ferreus ; the eyes are larger, the mark- 

 ings of the prothorax are different, and the apical spines of the hind tibia; 

 are longer. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



