9t> CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Testaceous, shining, slender. Head elongated, almost as 

 long as the proihorax. Eyes piceous, elongated, not prominent. Palpi 

 slender, filiform ; third joint longer than the second. Proihorax much 

 longer than broad, slightly narrower in front; sides nearly straight. Ab- 

 domen with a hlack snipe on each side beneath. Les;s slender. Wings 

 much shorter than the abdomen. Length of the body 5 lines. 



The description is incomplete, and the specimen here recorded is 

 mutilated, and apparently has not attained its ultimate state. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



Australasia. 



12. (ECANTHUS GRACILIS. 



Gryllus (CEcanthus) gracilis, Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 

 236, pi. 20, f. 8. 



Javo. Borneo. Celebes. 



13. CEcanthus lineatus. 



Mas. Pallide lestaceus, gracillimus ; caput productum ; palpi fili- 

 formes ; anteniue gracillima, corpore plus duplo longiores ; proihorax 

 elongatus, antice angustior ; abdomen linea dorsali nigricanle ; cerci 

 abdomine breviores ; pedes gracillimi, tibiis sex-spinosis ; alee antictB 

 diaphance sat latee, abdomen longe superantes, vitla subcostali tes- 

 tacea ; alee posticie valde longiores. 



Male. Pale testaceous, very slender. Head elongated, much shorter 

 than the proihorax. Eyes brownish, small, elongated. Palpi slender, fili- 

 form ; third joint longer than the second. Antennae very slender, more 

 than twice the length of the body. Proihorax longer than broad, narrower 

 in front. Abdomen with a blackish Hue above. Cerci shorter than the 

 abdomen. Legs very slender; hiud tibia? with six short slender spines on 

 the outer side. Wings pellucid. Fore wings moderately broad, not reti- 

 culated, extending much beyond the abdomen ; a testaceous stripe along 

 the mediastinal vein, from which there are nine oblique branches to the 

 costa, those near the base approximate. Hind wings extending much 

 beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 8 lines. 



Morelon Bay. Fiji Isles. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



ii. Head not elongated. 



Genus 36. LAUREPA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Caput non productum, antice suhcarinatum. 

 Oculi sat prominuli. Palporum articulus 3us clavatus, oblique truncatus, 

 2o longior. Antennae graciles, corpore plus duplo longiores. Proihorax 

 transversus, antice subangustior, laleribus rectis. Cerci abdomine bre- 

 viores. Pedes vix graciles, tibiis posticis biseriatim serratis extus quadri- 

 spinosis intus septem-spiuosis. Alas antica? abdomen non superantes, 

 apices versus reticulatae, tympano bene determinate Alae posticae abdo- 

 men longe superantes. 



