SUPPLEMENT. 



Gbtllus transversalis. 



Fcero. Testaceus, caput fasciis duabus plagaque anteriore liluram Jlavatn 

 furcatam includente nigris ; antenna picea, corpore mullo longiores ; 

 prothorax piceus, tomentosus ; oviduclus abdomine mid to longior ; 

 femora postica valde incrassata; alee antica fuscescentes,apud cost am 

 diaphana, abdomini aquilonga, basi lineaque subcostali testaceis ; 

 alee postica diaphana, abdomen iongissime superantes. 



Female. Testaceous. Head short, with two black bands ; first band 

 on the fore border; second between the eyes; a large anterior black patch 

 including the front and with a forked yellow mark on its disk. Eyes 

 tawny. Antenna? piceous, much longer than the body. Prothorax 

 piceous, tomentose, rather short, with a longitudinal impressed line. 

 Oviduct much longer than the abdomen. Hind femora very thick. 

 Fore wings brownish, extending to the tip of the abdomen, testaceous at 

 the base and with a testaceous line near the costa, where there is a pellucid 

 space. Hind wings pellucid, exteuding very much beyond the abdomen. 

 Length of the body 9 lines. 



This species and G. spurcatus have thick hind tibiae, but the bands of 

 the head distinguish the former from the latter. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Gryllus guttiventris. 



Mas. Piceus; caput nigrum, fascia postica margine antico palpisque 

 fulvis; prothorax tomentosus, testaceo postice bilituratus ; tegmenta 

 ventralia testaceo uniguttata ; ala antica striga basali nigra, abdo- 

 minis apicem fere attingentes ; alee postica abdomen longe superantes. 



Male. Piceous. Head black, shining, with a tawny band along the 

 hind border and with three pale yellow dots between the eyes ; mouth and 

 palpi tawny ; mandibles reddish, piceous towards the tips. Prothorax 

 tomentose, with a testaceous mark on each side of the hind border and 

 with a longitudinal impressed line. Abdomen with a testaceous dot on 

 each of the ventral segments from the first to the fifth. Trochanters testa- 

 ceous. Wings pellucid. Fore wings extending nearly to the tip of the 

 abdomen, with a black streak extending from the base. Hind wings 

 extending much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 8 lines. 



Less stout than G. spurcatus, to which it is most nearly allied. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Gryllus ferricollis. 



Mas. Niger; caput subtus testaceum; palpi pedesque picei ; prothorax 



ferrugineus, tomentosus ; venter basi fulvus ; cerci abdomine breviores ; 



ala diaphana; ala antica abdomine breviores ; ala postica abdomen 



longe superantes. 



Male. Blaek. Head shining, testaceous beneath. Mandibles 



reddish; tips black. Eyes livid. Palpi piceous. Prothorax ferruginous, 



tomentose, with a longitudinal impressed line. Ventral segments tawny 



