92 CATALOGUE OF 



Cerci less than half ibe length of the abdomen. Oviduct as long as the 

 body. Legs long, slender; hind femora abruptly attenuated at half the 

 length ; hind tibia; minutely serrated and with four spines on each side, 

 the spines on one side alternate with those on the other. Fore wings 

 extending to the tip of the abdomen. Tympanum of the male moderately 

 large. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen. 



1. NlSITBA MARGINATA. 



Mas et fcem. Niger ; caput antics subtusque, pectus, venter et prothoracis 

 latera pallide jlava ; femora subtus testacea ; alee anticce lurida, vitta 

 subcostali nigra ; alee posticce diaphana, nigricante late marginatce. 



Male and female. Black. Head, except the vertex and the front, 

 pale yellow. Eyes reddish. Palpi pale yellow. Antenna black. Pectus, 

 sides of the prothorax and abdomen beneath pale yellow. Legs black ; 

 femora testaceous beneath. Fore wings lurid, black along the lateral keel. 

 Hind wings pellucid, broadly bordered with blackish, this hue decreasing 

 in breadth from the costa to the interior angle. Length of the body 6j 

 lines. 



Borneo. 



a. Sumatra. From Sir S. Raffles' collection. 



hh. Prothorax very long and narrow. 

 i. Head elongated. 



Genus 35.' CECANTHUS. 



Gryllus, Scop. Ent. Cam. 32. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. Acheta, 



Charp., Cyrillo, Pavz. Gryllomyia, Seidl. (Ecanthus, Serv. Rev. 

 Hist. Orth. 358. 



Europe. 



1. CECANTHOS PELLUCENS. 



Schaff., Icon. Ins. Ralisb. pi. 138, f. 4, 5 Semblis lutaria, Petagna, 

 Instil. Ent. pi. 4, f. 2 Meconema varia. Fisch. de Waldh. Orth. 

 Ross. pi. 8, f. 6 CEcanthus pellucens, Brulle. Hist. Nat. An. Art. ix. 

 174, pi. 18, f. 1. Serv. Hist. Orth. 360. Fisch. Orth. Eur. 165, pi. 

 9, f. 14. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 31, pi. 8, f. 3 (Ecanthus 

 italicus, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Mand. vi. 6. Ramb. Fuune. And. 41 

 Gryllus pellucens, Scop. Ent. Cam. 324 Gryllus italicus, Oliv. Enc. 

 Meih. vi. 32. Latr. Gen. iii. 99 Acheta Allioni? Fabr. Sp. Ins. 

 Acheta italica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 32. Panz. Faun. Ins. Germ. 22, 

 pi. 17. Charp. Hor. Ent. 79. Cyrillo, Spec. Ins. Neap. pi. 7, f. 5, 6 

 Achela aquea? Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 192 Gryllus (CEcanthus) 

 italicus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 731. 



a c. Italy. Presented by Dr. Leach. 



d. Provence. From Prof. Westwood's collection. 



f. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



/. W. Africa. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



