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The median is weak and joins the radius about half way along the 

 latter forming a space with an acute distal angle. Distal to this a 

 branch of the median again reaches up to the radius. Cross-veins 

 connect the proximal portions of the radius and median. 



There are indications of a drum between the branches of the 

 cubitus, but the veining is not distinct. There are cross-veins between 

 the second branch of the cubital and the first anal. 



This is the earliest Gryllid described; and that fact, coupled with 

 its lack of similarity with Protogryllus seem to justify the erection 

 of a new genus which can be called Archaegryllodes n. gen., the 

 species represented by the specimen under discussion being termed 

 A. stormbergemis. 



Type. Partial tegmen on shale. S. Af. Mus. Cat. No. 2341. 



Localifi/. Road-cutting, Siberia, Wodehouse, C. P. 



Horizon. Shale-band, near base of Cave Sandstone. 



ORTHOPTEROUS EGGS. 

 Text fig. 6. 



On the same slab of shale as that which contains the type of 

 Archaegryllodes stormbergensis (No. 2341) are from ten to twelve 



Fig. 6. Eggs of Orthopteron ? X 8. 







elongate oval bodies, which seem to be eggs of an Orthopteron. 

 Each is about 1 mm. long by O4 or O5 mm. broad., and the specimens 

 lie together in one mass. 



There is a rough approximation to the form of a double row of 

 eggs placed transversely, although one or two have been displaced 

 from their original position; but the general appearance seems to 

 indicate that the eggs were originally in an ootheca similar to that 

 of some Orthopterous insects, but that the cover has disappeared. 



