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angulate, transverse bands; internal area blackish and purp- 
lish ; hind tibiæ with two rows of 9-11 large acute spines, 
besides 4 curved spurs, space between densely hairy. Tarsi 
long; claws and pulvilli small. Abdomen stout, smooth, 
shining, and ending with 6 small black spines. 
Length of body—Male, 45 mm.; female, 52 mm. 
Length of antennæ-—Male, 17 mm.; female, 21 mm. 
Length of pronotum-—Male, 11 mm. ; female, 15 mm. 
Length of elytra--Male, 43 mm.; female, 47 mm. 
Length of hind femora—Male, 24 mm. ; female, 28 mm. 
Length of hind tibie—Male, 20 mm.; female, 25 mm. 
There is a specimen of each sex, and fairly well preserved. 
The female differs from the male, besides size, only in the 
markings being less distinct and some occasionally obsolete. 
The species is a well-marked one, and new to the Museum 
collection. 
GRYLLACRIDE. 
GRYLLACRIS ATROFRONS, sp. nov. (fem.). 
Size moderate, smoky-brown. Face, clypens and mandibles 
black, except large white ocelliform spot; sides of head 
brown; antennæ brown, base blackish; fastigium keeled. 
Pronotum above broadly and its hind margin entirely black, 
sides pale. Meso.- and metanotum blackish. ^ Elytra and 
wings net-veined, pale brownish veins and veinlets deep 
| brown. Femora above and externally dark, apices of middle 
and hind femora pale. Tibie with four small spines extern- 
ally and internally, finely and shortly hirsute, black at the 
base, remainder pale; tarsi brownish, slender. Abdomen 
short, truncate, alternately pale and dark banded. Cerci 
"slender, pale; ovipositor slightly curved, pale, apex darker, 
acute. 
Length of body, 23 mm. 
Length of pronotum, 4.5 mm. 
Length of elytra, 39 mm. 
Length of hind femora, 13 mm. 
Length of ovipositor, 21 mm. 
This species resembles G. atrogeniculatus, m., but is smaller 
and differs in the black face and top of head, large white 
ocelliform spot, keeled fastigium, and longer ovipositor, be- 
sides other characters. 
