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or more mottled than usual, that the individuals of the grass- 

 hopper were of a similar colour to the stones. The Insect 

 referred to by Trimen is, we believe, the Batracliolettix whiti of de 



d 



FIG. 185. Methane anderssoni, female. S. Africa, a, Front of head ; b, posterior leg ; 

 c, d, front and hind feet, (c and d magnified, the others natural size.) 



Saussure. In this species the alar organs are completely absent, 

 and the pronotum forms a sort of hood that protects the base of 

 the hind body. Some of the desert Eremobiens vary so much 

 that the differences found among individuals of the same species 

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