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towards the base. Legs piceous. Cerci shorter than the abdomen. 

 Wings pellucid. Fore wings somewhat shorter than the abdomen. Hind 

 wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 9 lines. 



The band on the head of G. confirmatus distinguishes it from this 

 species. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Gryllus angustulus. 



Fcem. Testaceus, sat gracilis ; caput nigrum, suhtus testaceum ; antenna 

 picea, corpore longiores ; prothorax nigricans, tomentosus, antice 

 latior, testaceo biviltatus ; cerci et oviduclus picei, abdomine multo 

 longiores; pedes picei, femoribus sub t us sordide testaceis ; alee anticce 

 cinerea, abdominis apicem fere attingentes ; ala postica diaphana, 

 abdomen longe superantes. 



Female. Testaceous, rather narrow. Head black, shining, testaceous 

 beneath and along the hinder part of the eyes, which are black ; a pale 

 yellow mark on the hind part of the orbit of each antenna. Antenna? 

 piceous, longer than the body. Prothorax blackish, tomentose, widening 

 in front; a narrow testaceous stripe on each side, very near but not 

 connected with the border. Cerci and oviduct piceous, nearly equal in 

 length, much longer than the abdomen. Legs piceous; femora dingy 

 tesiaceous beneath. Fore wings cinereous, extending nearly to the tip of 

 the abdomen. Legs piceous; femora dingy testaceous beneath. Fore 

 wings cinereous, extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen. Hind wings 

 pellucid, extending very much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 

 7| lines. 



It has some resemblance to G. concisus, but the hind tibiae are much 

 longer. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Gryllus lineiceps. 



Mas et fcem. Testaceus, sat gracilis ; caput supra nigrum, fasciis tribus 

 strigaque longitudinali Jlavis ; antenna nigra, corpore longiores ; 

 prothorax niger, opacus, plagis duabus elongatis lineisque duabus 

 late interruplis testaceis ; abdominis dorsum nigricans ; cerci picei, 

 abdomine permullo longiores; oviductus abdomini aquilongus ; 

 ala diaphana ; ala antica abdomine vix breviores ; ata posticce 

 abdomen longe superantes. 



Male and female. Tesiaceous, rather slender. Head black and 

 shining above; a band on the hind border, a slender band on the vertex, a 

 broader band on the face and a longitudinal streak between the sockets of 

 the antennae yellow. Mandibles and palpi testaceous. Eyes livid. 

 Antennae black, longer than the body. Prothorax black, dull, with an 

 elongated testaceous patch and a widely interrupted submarginal testaceous 

 line on each side. Abdomen blackish above. Cerci piceous, very much 

 longer than the abdomen. Oviduct as long as the abdomen. Wings 



