DESCRIPTION OF PLATE II. (VOL. II.) 



ORTHOPTERA. 



Fig. I. Brachymetopa discolor, apex of abdomen showing cerci in dorsal view; \a the same in 



apical view. 

 Fig. 2. B. nitida, cerci in dorsal view ; 2 a apical view of the same. 

 Fig. 3. B. deplanata, cerci in dorsal view ; 3 a apical view of the same. 

 Fig. 4. B. mmdefisis, cerci in dorsal view ; 4 a apical view of the same. 



Fig. 5. Paratrigonidium attettuatum, var. tni/ior, before the last ecdysis, showing wings and tegmina 

 about equally developed. The former entirely disappear at the last moult. 



Fig. 6. Lateral field of superior tegmen of P. filicum ; 6 a the same of P. pacificum. 



Fig. 7. Myrmecophila quadrispina, posterior tibia with four spines on its inner margin. 



Fig. 8. Prognathogryllus alattis, posterior tibia in dorsal aspect ; 8 a apex of tibia viewed outwardly ; 

 %b the same on inner side {s, s\ the apical spine of the two series, c' and c' the upper and 

 lower calcar in each figure). 



Fig. 9. Aphonogryllus aptery.x ; g a meso- and metathorax in lateral aspect; qb outer, and <)c inner 

 aspect of apex of posterior tibia (the lettering as before). 



Fig. 10. Thaumatogryllus variegatus, mesothorax, metathorax and first abdominal segment of $, 

 showing the scale-like tegmina; \o a the same parts in the ?, the tegmina less developed {teg. 

 tegmina conceahng more or less of the meso- and metathorax, ab i the first abdominal segment) ; 

 10/; and loi' the two lateral views of apex of posterior tibia, the lettering as before; \od dorsal 

 aspect of apex of posterior tibia of another example, in which the apical spine of either series 

 is very far removed from the calcaria. Only the apex of one of these spines is shown, that 

 on the other side being situated still further towards the base. 



Fig. II. Nesogryllus stridulans; 11 a superior tegmen of the same enlarged. 



Fig. 12. Leptogryllus nigromaculatus, S tegmina; 12a the same in the ? (lettering as in fig. 10 

 and 10 a). 



Fig. 13. Z. similis $, mesothorax with very small tegmina, and metathorax. 



Fig. 14. L. forficularis, posterior tibia in dorsal aspect; 14a and 14;^ outer and inner aspects of 

 apex of the same (the lettering as in fig. 8). 



Fig. 15. L. simillimus, posterior tibia in dorsal aspect; 15a and \ib outer and inner aspects of 

 apex of tibia of a variety of the same, in which the apical spine of either series is very 

 remote from the calcaria (the lettering as in fig. 8). 



