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the medinstinal vein; anterior space cinereous. Hind wings extending 

 very much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 7 lines. 



The markings on the prothorax are very different from those of 

 G. supplicans. 



a. Amoy, China. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



67. GRYLLUS TENELLUS. 



Mas. Piceus, nitens, subtus fulvus ; caput antice fulvum ; palpi testacei ; 

 antenna corpore mullo longiores^ basi leslacece ; prolhoracis latera 

 iestacea ; abdomen vitta ventrali fulva ; cerci abdomine breviores; 

 pedes fulvi,femoribus posticis strigatis ; alee anticce abdominis apicem 

 attingenles, spatio subcostali pallide cinereo venis fulvis; ales posticce 

 abdomen longissime super antes. 



Male. Piceous, shining, tawny beneath. Head tawny in front. Eyes 

 testaceous. Ocelli luteou*. Palpi testaceous. Antennae testaceous at the 

 base, much longer than the body. Prothorax testaceous along each side. 

 Peclus tawny. Abdomen with a tawny ventral spine. Cerci somewhat 

 shorter than the abdomen. Legs tawny ; hind femora with oblique darker 

 streaks ; spines on each side of the hind tibia? varying from three to four in 

 number. Fore wings extending to the tip of the abdomen ; space between 

 the costa and the mediastinal vein pale cinereous with tawny veins. Hind 

 wings extending very far beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 

 7 lines. 



It much resembles G. concisus ; the hind femora of that species are 

 much darker and more distinctly streaked, and the fore wings are shorter. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



68. GRYLLUS CONPIRMATUS. 



Mas. Fulvus, subopacus ; caput nitens,plagafrontali nigra divisa guttam 

 includenle ; antenna picece, corpore longiores, basi fulvce ; cerci 

 abdomini cequilongi ; femora postica strigata ; ala antica abdomine 

 paullo breviores, area subcostali diaphana venis testaceis ; alee posticce 

 abdomen longissime superantes. 



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



Male. Tawny, hardly shining. Head shining; a black patch on the 

 front, divided by a transverse tawny line and including an anterior tawny 

 dot. Eyes tawny. Ocelli luteous. Antennae piceous, tawny at the base, 

 rather longer than the body. Prothorax testaceous along each side. 

 Abdomen blackish, tawny at the base. Cerci as long as the abdomen. 

 Hind femora with oblique darker streaks ; hind tibiae with four spines on 

 each side. Fore wings a little shorter than the abdomen ; subcostal space 

 pellucid, with testaceous veins. Hind wings extending very much beyond 

 the abdomen. Length of the body 6 lines. 



The much paler colour of this species distinguishes it from 

 G. concisus. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



