elm. i.io.i'. -.' : 



side, six on the inner side. Fore wings piceou=, about three-fourths of the 

 length of the abdomen, with a tawny stripe along the mediastinal vein ; 

 subcostal veins testaceous. Hind wings extending a little beyond the fore 

 wings. Length of the body 11 lines. 



The stout hind legs and the length of the spines on the tibiae 

 distinguish it from all the other African species, and the head is longer and 

 more prominent than that of G. capensis. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



43. Gryllus guttatus. 



Fcem. Niger, tomeniosus ; caput nilens, slrigis duabus longitudinalibus 

 margineque antico teslaceis ; palpi teslo.cei ; antenna: picece, corpora 

 longiores, basi testacece ; prolhoracis lalera late teslaeea ; venter 

 lestaceo villains ; cerci testacei, abdomine longiores ; oviduclus 

 leslaceus, panllo longior ; pedes testacei ; alee anticce fulvte, abdominis 

 apicem atlingentes, striga gultisque subcostalibus nigris, spatio sub- 

 coslali diaphino venis pallide testaceis ; ala poslicce abdomen super- 

 antes. 



Female. Black, with tawny tomentum. Bead shining, tomentose 

 along the hind border, and with two longitudinal streaks of the same on the 

 vertex ; space about the eyes, clypeus in front, fore part and palpi testa- 

 ceous. Antenna: pieeous, longer than the body; first joint testaceous. 

 Prothorax broadly testaceous along each side. Abdomen with a black 

 shining dorsal ridge; under side with a testaceous stripe. Cerci testaceous, 

 longer than the abdomen. Oviduct testaceous, a little longer than the cerci. 

 Legs testaceous; hind tibis with six spines on the outer side and with live 

 spines on the inner side. Fore wings tawny, extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen; a black streak between the mediastinal vein and the scapular 

 vein; three black dots on the fore side of the mediastinal vein in the right 

 wing, and two of the same in the left wing; space between the mediastinal 

 vein and the costa pellucid, with pale testaceous veins. Hind wings pellucid, 

 extending beyond the abdomen ; veins white. Length of the body 8 lines. 



It has much resemblance to G. continyens, from which it differs in the 

 markings of the prothorax and of the fore part of the head. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



44. Gryllus plagiceps. 



Mas. Niger, nilens ; caput lateribus, fascia, tenui, plaga subquadrala" 1 

 margine antico palpisque pallide luteis ; antennae piceoe ; prothorax 

 slrigis duabus posticis nigro conspersis lateribusque pallide luteis ; 

 abdomen p/agis tribus ventralibus gutlisque laleralibus pallide luteis, 

 segmentis cinereo margin alis ; cerci ferruginei, abdomine mullo 

 breviores ; oviductus piceus, abdomine longior; pedes ferruginei, 

 femoribus posticis piceo s trig at is ; alee anliem picea, plaga basali 

 slrigaque pallide luteis, venis subcostalibus pallide fiavis ; alee poslicce 

 brevissima aut nutlce. 

 Male. Black, shining. Head pale luteous on each side between the 

 eye and the border; a narrow pale luteous hand betweeu the eyes near the 



