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15. GRYLLAOBIS PUNCTIPENNIS. 



Mas. Testacea ; palpi pallidiores ; antenna gracillima, corpore guin- 

 tuplo longiores ; prothorax transverse bisulcatus, littira scutiformi 

 albido-testacea ; alee postica luteee^fasciis oclo yutlularibus niyris. 



Male. Testaceous, smooth, shining. Head a little broader than the 

 prothorax, prominent between the sockets of the antennae. Palpi pale tes- 

 taceous. Maxillary palpi filiform ; fourth joint subclavate, a little longer 

 than the third. Apical joint of the labial palpi clavate. Antennae very 

 slender, about five times the length of the body. Prothorax with a whitish 

 testaceous scutcheon-shaped figure which consists of a middle longitudinal 

 line and a patch on each side ; borders slightly reflexed ; two transverse 

 curved furrows. Legs rather stout ; hind femora with eight minute spines 

 on each side; four anterior tibiae with four long spines on each side ; hind 

 tibiae with seven short spines on the outer side and with six on the inner 

 side. Fore wings as long as the hind wings ; veins pale. Hind wings 

 luteous, with eight irregular and interrupted black bands; these bands 

 consist of spots which emit a line at each end ; the spots in each band 

 from the first to the seventh successively larger and more elongated ; a 

 black festooned line beyond the eighth band and a more exterior pale 

 festooned line. Length of the body 15 lines ; of the wings 30 lines. 



Batchiam In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



16. GBYLLACRIS ORNATA. 



Foem. Testacea ; caput piceum, vertice postico, strigam inter oculos, 

 maculis duabus longiusculis maculaque (interiors rotunda testaceis, 

 facie palpisque ferrugineis ; antenna testacece, bani pieces, corpore sex- 

 tuplo longiores;- prothorax sulcis duobus obliquis, lateribus anticis 

 cyaneo-nigris ; venter piceus ; oviductus corpore multo longior ; pedes 

 sat graciles, femoribus subtus cyaneo-nigris, femoribus posticis uni- 

 seriatim sexspinosis, tibiis posticis extus sexspinosis intus guinque- 

 spinosis ; alee lineis plurimis transversis e guttis fuscis. 



Female. Testaceous, convex, smooth, shining. Head piceous, not 

 broader than the prothorax, not prominent between the antennae ; hind 

 part of the vertex testaceous; a streak between the eyes, an elongated spot 

 on each side and an anterior round spot testaceous ; face, mandibles and 

 palpi ferruginous. Antennae testaceous, piceous at the base, about six 

 times the length of the body. Prothorax transverse, with an oblique 

 furrow on each side; borders slightly reflexed ; sides bluish black in front. 

 Abdomen piceous beneath. Oviduct much longer than the body. Legs 

 rather slender; four anterior femora ferruginous, bluish black beneath; 

 hind femora bluish black beneath, where there is a single row of four small 

 and two larger and posterior spines ; hind tibiae with six very minute black- 

 tipped spines on the outer side and with five on the inner side. Wings 

 much longer than the body. Fore wings with about twelve transverse lines 

 of minute brown dots. Hind wings cinereous, also with lines of brown dots. 

 Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



