GRYLLTD^E. .">1 



G. macrurus and G. gutlatus, like it, have long hind tibiae, but in these 

 two sj)ecies the spines are much stouter. G. macrurus agrees witli it also 

 in the prothorax, which is slightly narrower in front, and in the head, which 

 is rather smaller than thai of the more typical species. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by ihe Rev. D. F, Morgan. 

 b — d. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 

 e. E. Africa. Presented hy Earl Russell. 



51. Gryllus compactus. 



Mas. Niger, nitens ; caput antico fulvum ; palpi piceo ; abdomen bast 

 sub t us el pectus fulva ; cerci abdomiae multo breviores : pedes nigri- 

 canlex, femoribiis sublus fulvo variis, femoribus poslicis strigatis ; alec 

 antietB piceee, abdomen perpaullo superanles ; nice poslicne brevissimce 



aut nulla;. 



Male. Black, shining. Fore part of the head and sockets of the 

 antenna;' tawny. Eyes, palpi and antennae piceous. Abdomen beneath 

 towards ihe base and pectus lawny. Cerci much shorter than the abdomen. 

 Legs blackish ; femora partly tawny beneath ; hind femora wilh oblique 

 tawny streaks; hind tibia; with five tawny spines on each side. Fore wings 

 piceous, extending very little beyond the abdomen ; apical pait thickly 

 reticulated. Hind wings not developed. Length of the body T\ lines. 



The smaller spines on the hind tibi;r of this species and their reddish 

 colour distinguish it from G. atratus. 



«. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



52. GllVLLUS CONSOCIDS. 



Mas. Testaceus, nitens ; caput nigro fasciatum ; palpi picei ; prothorax 

 transverse impressus ; femora postica substrigala ; alee anticce cincrece, 

 abdomen paullo superantes, villa lestaceu, spatio subcostuli diaphano ; 

 alee postica brevissimce aut nullee. 



Male. Testaceous, shining. flcad with a black band between the 

 eyes, which are lurid. Palpi piceous. Prothorax with a transverse 

 impression at a little behind the middle. Hind femora with slightly indi- 

 cated darker streaks. Fore wings cinereous, extending a little beyond the 

 tip of the abdomen; a testaceous stripe along the mediastinal vein: 

 anterior space pel lucid. Hind wings not apparent. Length of the body 

 9 lines. 



The specimen described is injured, and the number of the spines of the 

 hind tibia? cannot be ascertained. The hind tibiae are much shorter than 

 those of G. gutlatus and of G. posticus. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



53. Gryllus paualli.lus. 



Mas. Niger, nitens; caput fascia, linea anleriore transversa angulata 

 margintque antico fulvis, striga aniica albida, macula anleriore 

 picea ; palpi fulvi, a/tice picei; prothorax fulvo marginatus el 

 biplagiatus ; pectus fulviun ; cerci picei, abdomini cequilongi ; pedes 



