;;C, CATALOGUE OF 



each side. Fore wings extending a little beyond tbe tip of the abdomen 

 wilh a broad pale testaceous stripe which is much dilated at the base and 

 extends along the mediastinal vein ; costa whitish at the base. Hind wings 

 extending very much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 6 lines. 



It closely resembles G. bimaculatus, but is much smaller. 

 a. Xepaul. Presented by Major Gen. Hardwicke. 



65. Gryi.lus supplicans. 

 Fcem. Fulvus, sat gracilis, subnitens ; caput nitens, fascia postica phiga- 

 que divisa piceis; antenna ferruginea, basi testacece; prolhorax p%cea 

 bifasciatus, margine antico hirsute ; cerci et oviductus cequilongi, 

 abdomine longiores ; pedes lestacei, femoribus nigra nolalis ; alee ccqui- 

 longce, abdominis apicem attingenles ; alee anticce venis subcoslalibus 

 pal/ide testaceis. 

 Acheta supplicans, Wlk. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3rd Ser. iv. 221. 

 Female. Tawny, rather slender, slightly shining. Head shininar, with 

 a piceous band along the hind border and wilh an anterior piceous patch 

 which is divided by a tawny transverse line and an anterior tawny streak. 

 Antenna; ferruginous, testaceous at the base. Prolhorax hirsute along the 

 fore border; two piceous bands, the first very irregular, tbe second on the 

 hind border. Cerci and oviduct of equal length, longer than the abdomen. 

 Legs testaceous ; femora with some black marks ; hind femora with oblique 

 interrupted black streaks; hiud tibia? with four spines on each side. Fore 

 wings extending to the tip of the abdomen : subcostal space with pale testa- 

 ceous veins. Hind wings as long as the fore wings. Length of the body 

 6 lines. 



This and the three following species are nearly allied and form a group 

 in the genus. 

 a, b. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



66. Gryllus minusculus. 



Fcem. Niger, nitens, subtus trstaceus ; caput fascia, linea anteriore trans- 

 versa margineque antico tuteis ; palpi pallide testacei ; antennce cor- 

 pore longiores ; prolhorax plagis tribus posticis luteis, vittis duabus 

 marginalibus pal/ide testaceis anlice dilalatis ; oviductus abdomini 

 tequilongus ; femora postica subobsolete strigata ; alee anticce abdomine 

 breviores, slriga nigricanle, spatio subcoslali cinereo ; alee posticce 

 abdomen longissimce superantes. 



Female. Black, shining, testaceous beneath. Head with an irre- 

 gular luteous band on the vertex and with a transverse luteous line on tbe 

 front; fore part luteous. Eyes livid. Ocelli luteous. Palpi pale testa- 

 ceous. Antennae longer than the body. Prolhorax with three luteous 

 patches ou the hind border and with two marginal pale testaceous stripes 

 which are dilated in front. Oviduct as long as the abdomen. Hind femora 

 wilh the oblique streaks very slightly indicated ; bind tibiae with five spines 

 on the outer side and with four on the inner side. Fore wings extending 

 to three-fourths of the length of the abdomen, with a blackish streak along 



