28 CATALOGUE OF 



hind border of a subquadrate patch of the same hue; this patch is notched 

 mi each side ; fore part and palpi pale luteous. Antennas piceous. Pro- 

 thorax with two irregular pale luteous black-speckled streaks extending 

 Iron) the hind border to the disk, and with pale luteous sides. Abdomen 

 with pale luteous dots along each side and with three pale luteous ventral 

 patches ; hind borders of the segments cinereous. Cerci ferruginous, much 

 shorter than the abdomen. Oviduct piceous, longer than the abdomen. 

 Legs ferruginous ; hind femora with oblique paler sneaks ; hind tibire with 

 five spines on each side. Fore wings piceous, much shorter than the abdo- 

 men, with a pale luteous patch on each inner angle at the base, and with a 

 pale luteous streak along the mediastinal vein, and not extending to the 

 tip; subcostal veins pale yellow. Hind wings rudimentary or none. 

 Length of the body 9 lines. 



This, like the preceding species, differs from all the American Grylli 

 in the colour of the prothorax. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b. Cape Coast. 



45. GrYT.LUS LIXEATICEl'S. 



Mas. higer, tomenlosus ; caput viltalis sex lituraque luleis, margine 

 antico palpisque fulvis ; antenna bad fulvce ; prothorax lituris 

 duabiis contorlis, vitlis duabus later alibus lateribusque anticii luleis ; 

 venter fulvo vittalus ; pedes fulvi, piceo varii, femoribm posticis oblique 

 slrigalis supra piceis ; ala antica picea, abdominis apicem fere 

 attingentes, basi pallide lutca?, vents subeoslalibus costaque basi albido- 

 Jlavis ; a/ce posiica brevissima aut nulla. 



Male. Black, dull. Head shining, with six luteous stripes on the 

 vertex, the two on each side united in front; an irregular luteous mark 

 between the middle stripes; ocelli luteous; fore part and palpi tawny. 

 Eyes piceous. Antenna; tawny at the base. Prothorax with two convolute 

 Inteous marks on the disk, and with two lateral pale luteous stripes which 

 are less complete in front ; sides luteous in front. Pectus tawny. Abdo- 

 men with a lawny ventral stripe. Legs tawny; anterior femora and tibia 

 varied with piceous above; hind femora piceous above, their outer sides 

 with pale oblique streaks; hind tibiae with six spines on the outer side and 

 with the on the inner side. Fore wings piceous, extending; nearly to the 

 tip of the abdomen, pale luteous at the base ; veins in front of the 

 mediastinal vein and costa at the base whitish yellow. Hind wings 

 not apparent. Length of the body 9 lines. 



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



46. Gryllus notabilis. 



Mas. Fulvus, tomentosus ; caput iestaceum, nitens, nigro sexstrigalum ; 

 prothorax vitlis duabus nigris subundulatis, strigis duabus transversis 

 paltidis lanceolatis arcuilis ; femora posiica fusco pa/lido strigala ; 

 pedes anlrrinres fusco faseiali ; ala antica. abdominis apicem fere 

 attingentes ; ahc posiica nulla. 



Male. Tawny, tomentose. Head testaceous, shining, with six longi- 

 tudinal black streaks; the middle pair much longer than ihe others, united 



