38 CATALOGUE OF 



69. GRYLLUS SIONIFRONS. 



Fcem. Niger, tomenlosus, subtus fulvus; caput nitens, antice fulvum r 

 r-ittis duabus pallide flavis, slrigis duabus obliquis testaceis ; palpi 

 obscure fulvi ; antennte basi fulvce, corpore puullo longiores ; pro- 

 thorax apud angulos anlicos fulvus ; cerci abdontine brevioren ; ovi- 

 ductus abdomine longior ; pedes fulvi, femoribus posticis pallido 

 strigatis; alee antica, abdominis ujrictm attingenles, area subcoslali 

 diapliuna venis pallide testaceis ; alee posticce abdomen longissime 

 super antes. 



Female. Black, tomentose, tawny beneath. Head shining, tawny in 

 front, a pale yellow stripe along each eye above; an oblique testaceous 

 streak along the socket of each eye. Eyes piceous. Palpi dusky tawny. 

 Antenna? a little longer than the body, tawny at the base. Prothorax 

 tawny about each fore angle. Cerci much shorter than the oviduct, which 

 is rather longer than the abdomen. Legs tawny ; hind femora with oblique 

 paler streaks ; hind tibiae rather long, with five spines on the outer side and 

 with four on the inner side. Fore wings extending to the tip of the abdo- 

 men ; space along the costa pellucid, with pale testaceous veins. Hind 

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

 10 lines. 



The broad pale stripe adjoining the inner side of each eye sufficiently 

 distinguishes this species. 



a. N. Hiudostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



70. GRYLLUS TESTACEUS. 



Foem. Fulvus, nitens, subtus testaceus ; cuput antice testaceum ; palpi 

 pallide testacei ; prothorax antice piceo biplagiatus ; abdomen piceum 

 basi vittague lala ventrali testaceis; cerci fulvi, abdomine breviores ; 

 oviducttis piceus, abdomine longior ; femora postica substrigata, tibice 

 posticce sat longae ; alee anticce abdomine breviores, striga picea, area 

 subcostali\diaphana ; venis pallide testaceis ; alee postica abdomen longe 

 superantes. Mas. Alee anticte luridts, abdominis apicem attingentes^ 

 basi vittaque piceis. 



Female. Tawny, shining, testaceous beneath. Head testaceous in 

 front and about the eyes, whitish about the mouth. Eyes darkly livid. 

 Palpi pale testaceous. Prothorax with a piceous patch on each side of the 

 fore border. Abdomen piceous, testaceous at the base and along the fore 

 borders of the segments ; under side with a broad testaceous stripe. Cerci 

 tawny, shorter than the abdomen. Oviduct piceous, longer than the abdo- 

 men. Hind femora with indistinct oblique streaks ; hind tibiae long, with 

 six or seven spines on the outer side and with h've on the inner side. Fore 

 wings shorter than the abdomen, with a piceous streak extending from the 

 base along the mediastinal vein ; subcostal space nearly colourless, with 

 pale testaceous veins. Hind wings colourless, extending much beyond the 

 abdomen. Costa and subcostal streak tawny ; veins white. Male. Fore 

 wings lurid, extending to the tip of the abdomen, piceous at the base and 



