96 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Testaceous, shining, slender. Head elongated, almost as 

 long as the prutborax. Eyes piceous, elongated, not prominent. Palpi 

 slender, filiform ; third joint longer than the second. Prothorax much 

 longer than broad, slightly narrower in front; sides nearly straight. Ab- 

 domen with a black stripe on each side beneath. Legs slender. Wings 

 much shorter than the abdomen. Length of the body 5 lines. 



The description is incomplete, and the specimen here recorded is 

 mutilated, and apparently has not attained its ultimate state. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



Australasia. 



12. (ECANTHUS GRACILIS. 



Gryllus (CEcanthus) gracilis, Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 

 236, pi. 20, f. 8. 



Javo. Borneo. Celebes. 



13. (ECANTHUS LINEATOS. 



Mas. Pallide testaceus, gracillimus ; caput producium ; palpi fill- 

 formes ; antennae gracillimte, corpore plus duplo longiores ; prothorax 

 elongatus, antice angustior ; abdomen linea dor sail nigricante ; cerci 

 abdomine breviores ; pedes gracillimi, tibiis sex-spinosis ; alee anticte 

 diaphance sat latce, abdomen longe superantes^ vitta subcostali tes- 

 tacea ; alee posticce valde longiores. 



Male. Pale testaceous, very slender. Head elongated, much shorter 

 than the prolhorax. Eyes brownish, small, elongated. Palpi slender, fili- 

 form ; third joint longer than the second. Antenna? very slender, more 

 than twice the length of the body. Prothorax longer than broad, narrower 

 in front. Abdomen with a blackish line above. Cerci shorter than the 

 abdomen. Legs very slender; hind tibia? with six short slender spines on 

 the outer side. Wings pellucid. Fore wings moderately broad, not reti- 

 culated, extending much beyond the abdomen ; a testaceous stripe along 

 the mediastinal vein, from which there are nine oblique branches to the 

 costa, those near the base approximate. Hind wings extending much 

 beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 8 lines. 



Moreton Bay. Fiji Isles. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



it. Head not elongated. 



Genus 36. LAUREPA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Caput non productum, antice subcarinatum, 

 Octili sat prominuli. Palporum articulus 3us clavatus, oblique truncatus, 

 2o longior. Antennae graciles, corpore plus duplo longiores. Prothorax 

 transversus, antice subangustior, lateribus rectis. Cerci abdomine bre- 

 viores^ Pedes vix graciles, tibiis posticis biseriatim serratis extus quadri- 

 spinosis intus septem-spiuosis. Ala? antica? abdomen non superantes, 

 apices versus reticulata?, tympano bene determinate). Ala? posticae abdo- 

 men longe superantes. 



