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FAMILY VIII. GRYLLIM3. THE CRICKETS. 



343a. AXAXIPHA PULICAEIA VITTATA (Bolivar), 1888, 159. 



Differs from pulicaria by its smaller, more slender form, usually dis- 

 tinctly striped occiput and face and by having the spines of hind tibiae 

 more closely spaced. The under side of abdomen is often wholly black. 

 Wings in macropterous examples exceeding the tegmina by 4 mnl. Length 

 of body, $, 4 4.5; of tegmina, 4; of wings, S; of hind femora, 4 mm. 



A West Indian form known in this country from Albany, (la. 

 and Atlantic Beach, Punta Gorda and Key West, Fla. From the 

 specimens examined at Philadelphia it appears to be only a slen- 

 der variety of A. pulicaria, the dark stripes of occiput and face 

 being often absent, while in pulicaria they are sometimes evident 

 on the occiput. It occurs in similar habitats as pulicaria and, like 

 that species, in both the macropterous and brachypterus forms. 

 K. & H. (1916, 305) state that the individuals devoid of black 

 marks "can only with difficulty be separated from small individ- 

 uals of pulicaria, which species is, however, appreciably more 

 robust." 

 344. AXAXIPHA SCIA Hebard, 1915b, 465. 



Dull clay-yellow, clouded with smoky brown; occiput dusky brown, 

 the lower face of vertex with a very narrow pale median stripe; tegmina 

 nearly uniform smoky brown; femora dull yellow with dark blotches; api- 

 cal fourth of hind femora and entire tibia? pale dull yellow. Basal joint 

 of hind tarsi equal in length to the longest tibial spine; legs longer and 

 more slender than in vittata. Cross veinlets of female tegmina more dis- 

 tinct than in pulicaria. Length of body, $ and 9, 5.2; of tegmina, $, 

 4.5, 9, 3.3; of hind femora, 4.7; of ovipositor, 2.7 mm. (Fig. 245, a.) 



Described and known from three specimens taken "from among 

 the roots above black muck, sodden leaves and tidal litter in a red 

 mangrove swamp on the edge of Brickell's Hammock, Miami, Fla., 



Fig. 245. a, Anaxipha scia, male: b and c, A. imitator, male and female, X 4- 



(After Hebard.) 



