gryllidyE. 47 



Closely resembles G. puslulipes, but (lifters from it in the markings of 

 the prothorax. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



91. Gryllus mincsculus. 



Mas. Testaceus, tomenlosus ; caput nitens, nigricante quadristrigatum el 

 unifasciatum, fascia anleriore fu'sra ; palpi albido-tcstacei ; antenna 

 picea, basi testacea, corpore multo longiores ; prothorax fusco puncta- 

 lus el bimaculatus et triguttalus, nigro bistrigalus ; abdomen fusco 

 conspersum ; cerci abdominv paullo longiores ; femora postica fusco 

 pallida subobsolete slrigala ; alee vix ulla. 



Male. Testaceous, tomentose. Head shining, with four longitudinal 

 blackish streaks which are attenuated and paler towards the hind border; a 

 blackish band between the eyes, deeply excavated in front ; an anterior 

 brown spot. Eyes black. Palpi whitish testaceous. Antennae piceous, 

 testaceous towards the base, much longer than the body. Prothorax with 

 some brown points, with a transverse brown spot on each side in the disk, 

 with three shorter transverse brown dots nearer the hind border and with a 

 longitudinal black streak on each side. Abdomen speckled with brown. 

 Cerci a little longer than the abdomen. Hind femora with very indis- 

 tinct oblique pale brown streaks ; hind tibiae with six spines on the outer 

 side and with four on the inner side. Wings rudimentary. Length of the 

 body 5j lines. 



It has most resemblance to G.pallidissimus, but the cerci are longer. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



Oceania. 



92. Gryllus innotabilis. 



Mas. Niger; caput lineis sex margineque antico fulvis; palpi fulvi, 

 apice picei ; antenna corpori aquilonga ; prothorax margine postico 

 maculisque duabus fulvis ; cerci ferruginei, abdomine paullo breviores ; 

 oviductus rufescens, abdomine longior ; pedes picei aut fulvi, femori- 

 bus posticis strigatis, larsis posticis saturate rufescentibusj alec anticce 

 lurida, abdomine breviores. Mas. — Ala postica abdomen longissime 

 superantes. Foern. — Ala postica abdomine vix breviores. 



Male and female. Black. Head with six tawny lines ; the two outer 

 on each side extending from the hind border to the eye and there united ; 

 fore border tawny. Palpi tawny ; third joint piceous towards the tip. 

 Antenna as long as the body. Prothorax with a tawny spot on each side 

 of the hind border, which is also tawny. Pectus ferruginous. Cerci ferru- 

 ginous, a little shorter than the abdomen. Oviduct reddish, much longer 

 than the cerci; valves forked. Legs piceous or tawny: hind femora 

 obliquely streaked on the outer side; hind tibia? with five or six spines aloug 

 each side; tarsi dark reddish. Fore wings lurid, rather shorter than the 

 abdomen in the male, nearly as long as the abdomen in the female. Hind 

 wings extending very much beyond the abdomen, Length of the body 

 8—9 lines. 



