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62 GRYLLUS SPUHCATUS. 



). Niger , subopacus ; caput nitens ; antenna corpore longiores ; pro- 

 thorax maculis duabus pnsticis luteiti valdeincisis ; cerci et oviductus 

 <equilongi,abdomine breviores ; femora postica substriata ; ala anticce 

 picece, abdominis apicem attingentes, striga yenisque subcostalibus 

 albidis ; alee posticce brevissimte aut nullce. 



Male and female. Black, rather dull. Head shining. Eyes piceous- 

 Ocelli luleous. Antenna) longer than the body. Pruthorax with a much 

 excavated luleous spot on each hind angle. Cerci and oviduct shorter than 

 the abdomen, about equal in length. Hind femora with indistinct oblique 

 striae; bind tibiae with six spines on each side. Fore wings piceous, 

 extending to the tip of the abdomen ; a dingy whitish streak along the 

 tnediastinal vein ; veins in front of this streak whitish. Hind wings none 

 or rudimentary. Length of the body T\ lines. 



a. Macao. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



b, c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



63. GRYLLUS INTERRUPTUS. 



Mas. Niger, nitens; caput plagis duabus, linea transversa gutlaque 

 antica testuceis; protkorax margine antico tenuissimo vittisque duabus 

 interrupts fulvis ; cerci abdominis dimidio non breviores; femora 

 postica basi subtus lutea ; tarsi p.mtici basi supra fulvi ; alee anticts 

 picece, basi fulvce, abdominis dimidio non longiores ; alee postica 

 duplo breviores. 



Male. Black, shining. Head with a testaceous patch on each side 

 in front of the eye, with a transverse intermediate testaceous line and with 

 a testaceous dot in front. Eyes and ocelli livid. Pruthorax very narrowly 

 bordered with tawny in front; a tawny interrupted stripe on each side. 

 Cerci about half the length of the abdomen. Hind femora luteous beneath 

 towards the base; hind tibiae with five spines on the outer side and with 

 four on the inner side ; hind tarsi tawny above towards the base. Fore 

 wings piceous, about half the length of the abdomen, tawny at the base. 

 Hind wings about half the length of the fore wings. Length of the body 

 10 lines. 



The specimen here described has not acquired its ultimate state. The 

 larger size and the difference in the markings of the prothorax distinguish 

 it from. G. spurcatus. 

 a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



64. GRYLLUS CONSCITUS. 



Mas. Ater, nitens; palpi picei; prothorax margine antico tenuissime 



ferrugineo ; pedes picei, tibiis posticis fulvo spinosis; alee antics 



abdomen, paullo superantes, basi vittaque lata pallide testaceis, costa 



basi albida ; aide posticce abdomen longissime superantes. 



Male. Deep black, shining. Ocelli piceous. Eyes livid. Mandibles 



red at the base. Palpi piceous. Fore border of the prothorax very 



narrowly ferruginous. Legs piceous ; hind tibiae with live tawny teeth on 



