1U0 CATALOGUE OF 



each side towards the tip; hind tibiae without spines, except those at the 

 tip. Length of the body 15 lines. 



a, b. Tasmania. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



acta. Wingless species. Four anterior tibia? with shorter and generally 

 fewer pairs of spines, 

 c. Hind tibiae without any spines ou the back. 



69. Gryllacris ambulans. 



ambulans, Erichson, Wiegm. Arch. viii. 249. Gerst. Wiegm. Arch. xxvi. 

 275. 



Tasmania. 



cc. Hind tibia with the spines as usual. 



70. Gryllacris Carolinensis. 



Carolinensis, Gerst. Wiegm. Arch. xxvi. 27(3. 



Carolina. 



71. Gryllacris glomerina. 



glomerina, Gerst. Wiegm. Arch. xxvi. 277. 



Cape. 



72. Gryllacris sphinx. 



sphinx, Gerst. Wiegm. Arch. xxvi. 278. 



Cape. 



Genus 9. LARNACA. 



Fcem. Corpus glabrum, nitens, subcylindricum, vertice valde rotun- 

 dalo, fronte subpunctata. Prothorax longiusculus, antice subanguslior, 

 margine subreflexo, lateribus fere reclis. Cerci graciles. Oviductus brevis, 

 subtus recurvus. Pedes robusti, breviusculi ; femora poslica crassa, spiuis 

 plurimis parvis biseriatim armata; tibiae quatuor auteriores biserialim 

 quinquespinosae ; tibiae posticae biseriatim septemspinosae ; tibiae posiicae 

 biseriatim septemspinosa; ; tarsi latiusculi, articulo 3o brevissimo. Ala? 

 abdomen non superantes. 



Female. Body convex, smooth, shining, mostly cylindrical. Head 

 hardly broader than the prothorax, much rounded above; lore part per- 

 pendicular, with a few punctures; face with a slight middle ridge; labium 

 elongate. Eyes prominent, nearly elliptical. Antennae long, slender. 

 Prothorax elongate, a little narrower in front; an angular furrow on each 

 side ; border slightly reflexed; sides nearly straight. Cerci slender. Ovi- 

 duct curved downward, much shorter than the abdomen. Legs stout, 

 rather short; hind femora thick, with a row of fifteen minute spines on 

 each side; four anterior tibia? with five rather long spines on each side; 

 hind tibiae with seven small spines on each side; tarsi rather broad; third 

 joint extremely short. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. Fore 

 wings with numerous and regular transverse sectors. 



This genus hardly differs from Gryllacris, except in the structure of 

 the oviduct. 



