with very indistinct oblique striae on the outer side ; hind tibire with five or 

 seven spines on the outer side and with four on the inner side; spines very 

 long and stout. Fore wings very pale testaceous, extending nearly to the 

 tip of the abdomen ; disk pale cinereous, wings rudimentary. Length of 

 the body 10£— 11£ lines. 



a, b. Madagascar. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



W. Asia. 



56. Gkyllus ater. 



Fosm. Ater, nitens ; antenna corpore breviorcs ; cerci abdominis dimzdio 

 lovgiores; oviductus abdomini cequilongus ; pedes crassi, fernoribus 

 posticis subtus rnfis ; alee anliea abdominis dimidio non longiores ; 

 alee posticce minima aut nulla. 



Female. Deep black, smooth, shining. Antennae more than half the 

 length of the body. Prothorax with a slight longitudinal furrow and with 

 a few slight impressions on each side. Cerci stout, more than half the 

 length of the abdomen. Oviduct as long as the abdomen ; valves forked at 

 the tip. Legs thick; hind femora dark red beneath for more than half the 

 length from the base; hind tibiae armed on each side with six spines. 

 Fore wings about half the length of the abdomen. Length of the body 

 8$ lines. 



The shining body of this species distinguishes it from G. melas, and 

 the red under side of the femora from G. atralus ; in the latter character 

 it resembles G. cupensis, from which it differs in the fore wings, which are 

 wholly black. 



a. Syria. From Mr. Lowne's collection. 



S. Asia. 



a. Head red. ------- erythrocephalus. 



aa. Head not red. 



b. Legs black. 



c. Prothorax tawny about the hind angles. - - - spurcatus. 

 cc. Prothorax with two tawny Hues. - interruptus. 



ccc. Prothorax with a ferruginous fore border. - - - conscilus. 



bb. Legs blackish, femora pale except at the tips. - - clarus. 

 bbb. Legs tawny. 



c. Fore wings black. 



d. Head black. ------- melanocephalus. 



dd. Head pale. - orientals. 



cc. Fore wings piceous. ------ concisus. 



ccc. Fore wings not black or piceous. 



d. Fore wings dusky along the costa. 



e. Hind femora distinctly streaked. 



/. Size large ------- niembranaceus. 



ff. Size rather small. ------ supplicans. 



ee. Hind femora not streaked. 



/. Head with a band. ------ minusculus. 



ff. Head not banded. ------ tenellus. 



