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The specimen described may not have attained its full growth, but the 

 markings distinguish it from the other species of Gryllus. 



a. Australia. From Major Parry's collection. 



87. GRYLLUS COMMODUS. 



Foem. Piceus, nitens ; caput teslaceo pailido bimaculatum, antice 

 fulvum; antenna basi fulvce, corpore longiores ; prothorax maculis 

 duabus discoidalibus fulvis transversis ; venter niger, basi fulvus ; 

 cerci ferruginei, abdomine longiorcs ; oviductus corpore vix brevior ; 

 pedes fulvi,femoribus posticis substrigatis ; ales anticce luridce, abdo- 

 minis apicem altingentes, apud costam diaphance teslaceo venosce ; alee 

 posticce abdomen longissime sitperantes. 



Female. Piceous, smooth, shining. Head tawny on each side and in 

 front; a pale testaceous spot along the inner side of each eye. Palpi tawny. 

 Antennas piceous, longer than the body, lawny at the base. Prothorax with 

 a transverse tawny spot on each side in the disk. Under side of the abdo- 

 men black, tawny in the disk at the base. Cerci ferruginous, longer than 

 the abdomen. Oviduct nearly as long as the body. Legs tawny; hind 

 femora indistinctly streaked on the outer side; hind tibiae with five spines 

 on the outer side. Fore wings lurid, extending to the tip of the abdomen ; 

 subcostal space pellucid, with testaceous reins. Hind wings extending 

 very much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 9 lines. 



West Australia. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



88. GRYLLUS DIMINUTUS. 



Mas. Testaceus, tomentosus; caput piceum, strigis duabus facieque testa- 

 ceis ; antenna picece, basi pallide testacece, corpore mullo longiores, 

 prothorax maculis quatuor transversis fasciaque tenui bifurcata piceis ; 

 femora postica fusco pailido strigata ; alee anticce abdomen paullo 

 superantes, apud costam diaphance lestaceo pailido venosce. 



Male. Testaceous, tomentose, paler beneath. Head piceous, shining, 

 testaceous on each side and in front, and with a testaceous streak on each side 

 extending from the hind border to the eye. Eyes black. Antennae piceous, 

 pale testaceous at the base, much longer than the body. Prolhorax with 

 two transverse piceous spots on each side, and with an intermediate slender 

 piceous band which is forked on each side. Hind femora with oblique pale 

 brown streaks on the outer side : hind tibiae with short spines on each side ; 

 five on the outer side, two of these very minute; three on the inner side. 

 Fore wings extending a little beyond the abdomen ; subcostal space 

 pellucid, with pale testaceous veins. Length of the body 4% lines. 



The fore wings of this species extend on each side much beyond the 

 abdomen, and the tympanum is greatly developed. 



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



