224 ORTHOPTEKA. 



Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H. H. Smith), Tepic, Orizaba, Jalapa 

 (Scudder), Oaxaca (Saussure). 



8. Nemobius mexicanus, Walk. 



Nemobius mexicanus, Walk. Cat. Dermapt. Salt. i. p. 57. 8 ( ? ) (1869) ; Scudd. Journ. N. York 

 Ent. Soc. iv. p. 106 (Sept. 1896). 



N. tolteco simillimus. Differt : ovipositore apice subtilissime densissime denticulato ; fronte pallide lineata. — 

 Marium elytra abdomen tegentia. 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, Orizaba, Minatitlan, Oaxaca. 



9. Nemobius ensifer, Scudd. 



Nemobius ensifer, Scudd. Journ. N\ York Ent. Soc. iv. p. ]01 (Sept. 1896). 



$ . Caput convexiusculum, nigro-castaneum ; occipite lineis pallidis notato ; facie inferius pallida. Oculi sat 

 prominuli. Palpi maxillares pallidi, apiee oblique truncati. Pronotum fusco-castaneum. Elytra 

 apicem abdominis superantia, fusco-castanea ; alae longissimse. Pedes fusco-marmorati. Ovipositor 

 quam femur post, valde longior, gracillimus, subarcuatus, valvis apicalibus elongatis inermibus, apice 

 bebetatis. 



$ . Long. 10 ; fern. post. 7'75 ; ovipos. 8*25 millim. 



Hab. Central Ameeica (Bev. T. Heyde). 



ANUROGRYLLUS, Sauss. 

 Anurogryllus, Saussure, Melang. Orthopt. 5 e fasc. p. 451 (1877). 



A very distinct type, the ovipositor of the females being rudimentary. Spread over 

 Tropical America, the Oriental region, and Australia. 



The species of this genus being very similar, it is not improbable that A. antillarum 

 and A. abortivus, as well as A. muticus, will be found to inhabit Central America. 



Synopsis specierum. 



a. Elytra condite explicata. — 1. muticus, De G. 

 aa. Elytra abbreviata : 



b. sese in dorso tegentia. — [2. antillarum, Sss. (Cuba).] 

 bb. $ lateralia squamiformia. — [3. abortivus, Sss. (Cuba).] 



l. Anurogryllus muticus, De Geer. 



Gryllus muticus, De Geer, Mem. Ins. hi. p. 520. 2, t. 43. fig. 2 ( $ ). 



Gryllodes muticus, Sauss. Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 411. 1 ($ d ), t. 7. fig. 9 (d). 



Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith), Vera Cruz and Yucatan [Saussure) ; 

 Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). — Guiana ; Antilles, Cuba, Porto Rico, 

 Guadeloupe, Antigua. 



