Orthopterajrom the Transvaal dsc. 477 



Gryllus ignohilis, 

 Gryllus ignohilis, Walk. Cat. Derm. Salt. i. p. 29. n. 47 (1869). 



1, Fort Johnston, Nyasaland {Rendall) ; 1, Barberton 

 [RendaJI). 



Originally described from Natal. O. ignohilis^ Sauss., 

 from Java and Amboina, will require renaming. 



Oryllus melanocephaluSj var. 

 Grtjllus melanocephalus, Serv. Ins. Orth. p. 342 (1839). 



2, Nyasaland [P. Rendall). 



A variable species, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. 



Cophogryllus Delalandii, var. (?) . 



Cophogryllus Delalandii, Saus?. M^m. Soc. Geneve, xxv. p. 234, pi. xiii. 

 (13) fig. 2 (1877). 



1, Brak Kloof, near Grahamstown. 



Closely resembles Saussure's description and figure, but 

 has six testaceous lines on the vertex, the two outer ones on 

 each side meeting at the eyes. There is a black arch be- 

 tween the aiitenuai over a testaceous space, separated from 

 the black vertex by a narrower testaceous arch. 



Scapsipedus marginatus. 



Acheta marginata, Afzel. & Brann. Achet. Guin. p. 23. n. 4, fig. 5 a 



(1804). 

 Scapsipedus marginatus, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxv. p. 243 (187(3). 

 Gryllus parullelus, Walk. Cat. Derm. Salt. i. p. 32. u. 53 (18(39). 

 Gryllus diadematus, Gerst. Von der Decken's Keisen, iii. (2j p. 25. n. 37 



(1873). 



8, Pretoria {Distant). 



A species inhabiting both East and West Africa. 



Anandus nigrosignatus. 



Rupilius nigrosignatus, Stal, tKfv. ^'et.-Akad. FiJrli. 1876, (3) p. C6. 

 Anandus nigrosignatus, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxv. p. 654 (1878). 



1, Rustenburg {Krantz). 



The markings of this species are not unlike those in 

 Saussure's tigure of liis Tapinopus platgceps, from New 

 Caledonia. 



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