&C CATALOG UK OF 



each side. Fore wings extending a little beyond the tip of the ahdomen, 

 with a broad pale testaceous stripe which is much dilated at the base and 

 extends along the mediastinal vein ; costa whitish at the base. Hind wings 

 extending very much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 6 lines. 



It closely resembles G. bimaculatus, but is much smaller. 

 a. Nepaul. Presented by Major Gen. Hardwicke. 



65. GRYLLUS SUPPLTCANS. 



Foem. Fulvus, sat gracilis, subnitens ; caput nitens, fascia poslica plnga- 

 gue divisa piceis ; antenna ferruginece, basi teRtacece ; prothorax piceo 

 bifasciatus, margine antico hirsuto ; cerci et oviductus eetfuilongi, 

 abdomine longiores ; pedes teslacei, femoribus nigro notalis ; alee cequi- 

 lonqc&i abdominis apicem attingentes ; ala antiece venis subcostalibus 

 pallide teslaceis. 



Acheta supplicans, Wlk. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3rd Ser. iv. 221. 

 Female. Tawny, rather slender, slightly shining. Head shining, with 

 a piceous band along the hind border and with an anterior piceous patch 

 which is divided by a tawny transverse line and an anterior tawny streak. 

 Antenna? ferruginous, testaceous at the base. Prolhorax hirsute along the 

 fere border; two piceous bands, the first very irregular, the second on the 

 hind border. Cerci and oviduct of equal length, longer than the abdomen. 

 Legs testaceous ; femora with some black marks ; hind femora with oblique 

 interrupted black streaks; hind tibia? with four spines on each side. Fore 

 wings extending to the tip of the abdomen : subcostal space with pale testa- 

 ceous veins. Hind wings as long as the fore wings. Length of the body 

 6 lines. 



This and the three following species are nearly allied and form a group 

 in the genus. 



o, b. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



66. GRYLLUS MINUSCULUS. 



Foem. Niger, nifens, subtus teslaceus ; caput fascia, linea anteriore trans- 

 versa margineque antico luteis ; palpi pallide testacei ; antenna cor- 

 pore longiores ; prothorax plagis tribus posticis luteis, vittis duabus 

 marginalibus pallide testaceis antice dilatatis ; oviductus abdomini 

 aquilongus ; femora poslica subobsolete slrigala ; alee anticee abdomine 

 breviores, striga nigricante, spatio subcostali cinereo ; alee posticce 

 abdomen longissimce superantes. 



Female. Black, shining, testaceous beneath. Head with an irre- 

 gular luteous band on the vertex and with a transverse luteous line on the 

 front; fore part luteous. Eyes livid. Ocelli luteous. Palpi pale testa- 

 ceous. Antennae longer than the body. Prolhorax with three luteous 

 patches on the hind border and with two marginal pale testaceous stripes 

 which are dilated in front. Oviduct as long as the abdomen. Hind femora 

 with the oblique streaks very slightly indicated ; hind tibia3 with five spines 

 on the outer side and with four on the inner side. Fore wings extending 

 to three-fourths of the length of the abdomen, with a blackish streak along 



