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with a piceous stripe along the mediastinal vein. Length of the body 

 12 lines. 



a, b. Canton. Presented by E. Larkin, Esq. 

 c. China. 



71. Gryllus cxarus. 



Foem. Ferrvgineus, nitens, sat. gracilis; caput margine antico fulvo; 

 palpi sordide testacei, arliculo 3o clavalo ; antenna- corpore plus duplo 

 longiores ; cerci abdomine vix breviores ; oviduct us abdomine longior ; 

 pedes nigricantes, femoribus testaeeis apice nigricantibus, femoribus 



tibiisque posticis longis ; ales vix ullce. 



Female. Ferruginous, shining, rather narrow. Head tawny about 

 the fore border. Eyes black, rather prominent. Palpi dingy testaceous ; 

 third joint clavate. Antenna? black, tawny towards the base, more than 

 twice the length of the body. Cerci tawny, nearly as long as ihe abdomen. 

 Oviduct longer than the abdomen. Legs blackish ; coxae and femora testa- 

 ceous, the latter blackish at the tips, hind legs elongate, their tibia? with six 

 small and with four large spines on the outer side and with four small and 

 four large spines on the inner side. Wings rudimentary. Length of the 

 body 9 lines. 



This species represents a distinct group, but hardly differs sufficiently 

 from the typical Gnjlli to be separated from that genus. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



72. Gryllus aspersus. 



Fceru. Teslaceus, apterus, nitens; caput fasciis duabus (la leslaceo 

 lincutu) inaculisque duabus anterioribus incisis nigris ; palpi pallide 

 testacei; antenna nigra, basi testacece ; prothorax piceo plagialus el 

 guttatus ; oviductus abdomine paullo brevior ; femora postica fusco 

 striyala. 



Female. Testaceous, shilling. Head with two black bands; first 

 band on the hind border, intersected by six longitudinal testaceous lines; 

 second broader, between the eyes ; two large anterior black spots, cleft in 

 front, the first between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes black. Palpi pale 

 testaceous. Antennae black, testaceous at the base. Prothorax with several 

 piceous patches and small dots; sides wholly testaceous. Abdomen piceous 

 beneath. Cerci piceous towards the tips, as long as the abdomen. Oviduct 

 a little shorter than the cerci. Legs stout ; hind femora obliquely streaked 

 with brown; hind tibiae with five spines on each side. Fore wings tawny, 

 a little shorter than the abdomen, with a testaceous stripe and a piceous 

 stripe along the keel on each side; subcostal space pellucid. Hind wings 

 very short. Length of the body 7 lines. 



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



