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( Gryllides. 



Sec. II. Saltatoria . . . . _ < LocustariEe. 



v Acridites. 



Burmeister, in his " Handbuch der Entoiiiologie," exclude!^ the Forficu- 

 lidae, forming them into an order under the name Dermaptera, and arranges 

 the 'other families in the following ascending series ; 



Blattina. 



Mantodea. 



Phasmodea. 



Acridiodea. 



Locustina. 



Gryllodea. 



Ml-. Scudder adopts substantially the same order in his paper on the 

 "Arrangement of the families of Orthoptera,"* which is there given in the 

 following descending series : 



- Gryllides. 



Locustarise. 



Acrydii. 



Phasmida, 



Mautides. 



Blattarise. 



Forficularife. 



Fischer de Waldheim f excludes Forficulida^, and places the other fam- 

 ilies in the following order : 



Blattidaj. 



Mantidse. 



Phasmidse. 



Gryllidse. 



Locustidje. 



Acrididae. 



L. H. Fischer, in his "Orthoptera Europaja,'' removes the Forficulidse, 

 for which he adopts the name Labiduroidaj of Dumeril, and arranges the 

 remaining families in the following ascending order : 



* Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XII (1869), 228. 

 1 1 have not seen bis work. 



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