83. GKYLLUS DIMINUENSF. 



Niger, nit ens ; caput fulvo notalum ; palpi picei ; anttnnee corpore- 

 longiores ; prolhorax margine antico tenuiter fulvo ; venter ferru- 

 gineus ; certifulvi, abdomine multo brcviorts ; pedes picei, femoribuy 

 posticis subtus testaceis ; alee anticce cinerece, abdomine multo- 

 breviores, apud costam diaphance venis ulbidis ; alee posticce nullce. 

 Var,? Prothorax postice fulvo bimaculatus ; abdomen segmenloram 

 marginibus ventreque fulvis ; al& niyrce, minima, margine vitlague 

 fulvis. Foem ? Oviductus fulvus, abdomine paullo longior ; alee- 

 antica abdominis dimidio bveviores, basi eostaque testaceis. 



Male. B"lack T shining. Head with some tawny marks in front- 

 Ocelli yellow. Palpi piceous. Antennae longer than the body. Prothorax 

 with a narrow tawny fore border. Abdomen ferruginous beneath. Cerci 

 tawny, much shorter than the abdomen. Legs piceous; hind femora testa- 

 ceous beneath ; hind tibise with four tawny spines on each side. Fore 

 wings cinereous, full half the length of the abdomen ; veins whitish in the 

 subcostal space, which is pellucid. Far.. 3 Prothorax with- a tawny spot 

 on each- side of the hind border. Abdomen with the hind borders of the 

 segments tawny ; under side tawny, piceous at the tip. Wings black* 

 rudimentary, each with a tawny border ami a tawny stripe. Female? 

 Oviduct tawny, a little longer than the abdomen. Fore wings much less 

 than half the length of the abdomen, testaceous at the base and along the- 

 costa. Length of the body 7 lines. 



It has some resemblance to <?. miser, but the body and legs are much 

 darker. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



b. S. Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 

 f. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection^ 



84. GRYELUS 



Foem. Niger, nitens, subtus luteus ; caput vitta, fascia facieque futeis ; 

 palpi picei ; antennas corpore longiores ; prolhorax strigis sex posticis 

 transversis luteis ; cerci abdomine breviores ; oviduelus abdomini 

 aquilongns ; pedes sordide testacei, femoribns posticis piceo strigatis f 

 alee anticce picece, abdomine breviores, linea testacea, apud costam 

 diaphancB tcstaceo venosce ; alee posticce nullte. 



Female. Black y shining, luteous beneath. Head with the fore part,, 

 a slender stripe on the vertex and a narrow band between the eyes luteous. 

 Ocelli luteous. Palpi piceous. Antennae luteous at the base, longer than- 

 the body. Prothorax with three transverse luteous streaks on each side 

 near the hind border. Cerei piceous, shorter than the abdomen. Oviduct 

 as long as the abdomen. Legs dingy testaceous ; hind femora with piceous 

 oblique streaks on the outer side; hind tibiae with five spines on each side. 

 Fore wings piceous, about two-thirds of the length of the abdomen, with a> 

 testaceous line along the lateral keel ; subcostal space pellucid, with testa- 

 ceous veins. Hind wings obsolete 0r rudimentary. Length of the body 

 5? lines. 



