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62. GltVLI.US SPUP.CATUS'. 



Fion. Niger, subopacus ; caput ni tens ; antenna corpore longiores ; pro- 

 thorax macutis duabus posticis luleis ruble ineisis ; cerci el oviduclus 

 cequilongi,abdomine breviores ; femora postica substriala ; alcsantica 

 pice<e, abdominis apicem altingentes, slriga venisque subcostalibus 

 albidis ; alee postica brevissimce aut nullte. 



Male and female. Black, rather dull. Head shining. Eyes piceous- 

 Ocelli luteous. Antennae longer than the body. Prothorax with a much 

 excavated luteous spot on each hind angle. Cerci and oviduct shorter than 

 the abdomen, about equal in length. Hind femora with indistinct oblique 

 stria?; hind tibice with six spines on each side. Fore wings piceous, 

 extending to the tip of the abdomen; a dingy whitish streak along the 

 mediastinal vein; veins in front of this streak whitish. Hind wings none 

 or rudimentary. Length of the body 7i lines. 



a. Macao. Presented by J. C. Bo wring; Esq. 



b, c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



63. Gryllus interruptus. 



Mas. Niger, nitens; caput plagis duabus, liuea transversa gultaque 

 antica leslaceis ; prothorax margine antico tenuissimo vittisque duabus 

 interruplis fulvis ; cerci abdominis dimidio non breviores; femora 

 postica basi subtus lulea ; tarsi poslici basi supra fulvi ; aim anlicrc 

 picex, basi fulvce, abdominis dimidio non longiores ; alee postica; 

 duplo breviores. 



Male. Black, shining. Head with a testaceous patch on each side 

 in front of the eye, with a transverse intermediate testaceous line and with 

 a testaceous dot in front. Eyes and ocelli livid. Prothorax very narrowly 

 bordered with tawny in front; a tawny interrupted stripe on each side. 

 Cerci about half the length of the abdomen. Hind femora luteous beneath 

 towards the base; hind tibiae with five spines on the outer side and with 

 four on the inner side ; hind tarsi tawny above towards the base. Fore 

 wings piceous, about half the length of the abdomen, tawny at the base. 

 Hind wings about half the length of the fore wings. Length of the body 

 \0\ lines. 



The specimen here described has not acquired its ultimate state. The 

 larger size and the difference in the markings of the prothorax distinguish 

 it from G. spuria tus. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



64. Gryllus conscitus. 



Mas. Ater, nitens; palpi picei ; prothorax margine antico tenuissime 

 ferrugineo ; pedes picei, libiis posticis fulvo spinosis ; ala antictv 

 abdomen paullo superanles, basi vittaque lata pallide testaceis, costa 

 basi albida ; abe postica abdomen lonijissime superanles. 



Male. Deep black, shining. Ocelli piceous. Eyes livid. Mandibles 

 red at the base. Palpi piceous. Fore border of the prothorax very 

 narrowly ferruginous. Legs piceous ; hind tibiae with five tawny teeth on 



