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83. Geyi.lus diminuens. 



Mas. Niger, nitens ; caput fulvo notatum ; palpi picei ; antenna corpore 

 longiores ; prolhorax margine antico tenuiler fulvo ; venter ferru- 

 gineus ; cerci fulvi, abdoniine multo breviores ; pedes picei, femorif us 

 poslicis subtus testaceis ; aim antica cinerea, abdomine multo 

 breviores, apud costam diaphana venis albidis ; alee postica nullce. 

 Vav. ? — Prolhorax postice fulvo bimaculatus ; abdomen segmenloram 

 marginibus ventreque fulvis ; a/a nigra, minima, margine vitlaguc 

 fulvis. Foem ? — Ovi ductus fulvus, abdomine paullo longior ; ala 

 antica abdominis dimidio bveviores, basi costaque testaceis. 



Male. Black, shining. Head with some tawny marks in front. 

 Ocelli yellow. Palpi piceous. Antennae longer than the body. Prothorax 

 with a narrow tawny lore border. Abdomen ferruginous beneath. Cerci 

 tawny, much shorter than the abdomen. Legs piceous; hind femora testa- 

 ceous beneath ; hind tibiae with four tawny spines on each side. Fore 

 wings cinereous, full half the length of the abdomen ; veins whitish in the 

 subcostal space, which is pellucid. Var.P — Prothorax with a tawny spot 

 on each side of the hind border. Abdomen with the hind borders of the 

 segments tawny; under side tawny, piceous at the tip. Wings black, 

 rudimentary, each with a tawny border and a tawny stripe. Female? — 

 Oviduct tawny, a little longer than the abdomen. Fore wings much less 

 than half the lengih of the abdomen, testaceous at the base and along the 

 costa. Lengih of the body 7 lines. 



It has some resemblance to G. miser, but the body and legs are much 

 darker. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



b. S. Australia. Presented by It. Bakewell, Esq. 



c. Tasmania. From Mr. A.J. Smith's collection. 



84. Gryllus pauvulus. 



Foem. Niger, nitens, subtus luteus ; caput villa, fascia facieque luleis ; 

 palpi picei ; antenna corpore longiores ; prothorax strigis sex poslicis 

 transversis luleis; cerci abdomine breviores; oviduvlus abdomini 

 aquilongus ; pedes sordide testacei, femoribus poslicis piceo strigatis ; 

 ala antica picea, abdomine breviores, linea teslacea, apud costam 

 diaphana leslaeeo venosa ; ala poslica nulla. 



Female. Black, shining, luteous beneath. Head with the fore part, 

 a slender stripe on the vertex and a narrow band between the eyes luteous. 

 Ocelli luteous. Palpi piceous. Antenna; luteous at the base, longer than 

 the body. Prothorax with three transverse luteous streaks on each side 

 near the hind border. Cerci piceous, shorter than the abdomen. Oviduct 

 as long as the abdomen. Legs dingy testaceous ; hind femora with piceous 

 oblique streaks on the outer side; hind tibire with five spines on each side. 

 Fore wings piceous, about two-thirds of the length of the abdomen, with a 

 testaceous line along the lateral keel; subcostal space pellucid, with testa- 

 ceous veins. Hind wings obsolete or rudimentary. Length of the body 

 5^ lines. 



