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to be described, and which for a great length of time I had arranged in my 
cabinet amongst the Cicindelidæ, regarding it as an immature Colliuris or 
Tricondyla, although it in reality belongs to the order Orthoptera. 
Fam. GRYLLIDÆ. Leach. 
(Locustariæ, Latr.  Locustina, MacL. Gryllus Tettigoniæ, Linn.) 
Genus. CONDYLODERA. 
(Obs. Insecti, typum hujus generis constituentis, individuum unicum solim 
vidi, cum alis et tegminibus brevissimis, abdominis basin tantüm tegen- 
tibus. An in statu pupæ sit, aut, ut potis mihi videtur, imaginis speciei 
alis incompletis gaudentis, ut in Ephippigeris ?) 
Corpus elongatum, thorace antic? attenuato, nodoso, oculis valdé prominentibus. 
Caput thorace paullo latius, lateribus pone oculos, rotundatis; vertice convexo, 
tuberculo parvo conico inter antennarum basin; facie verticali. Oculi 
magni, rotundati, valdé prominuli. Antenne graciles, inter partem infe- 
riorem oculorum insertæ, articulis duobus basalibus crassioribus (articulis 
terminalibus in specimine viso mutilatis.). Labrum in medio articulatum, 
parte anticà transversà margine antico in medio paulld producto, ciliato. 
Mandibule valide, breves, apice denticulate. Mazille elongate, lobo 
interno gracili curvato, apice tridentato, lobo externo galeato, biarticulato, 
articulo basali brevi; palpi mavillares maxilla paulld longiores, filiformes, 
5-articulati, articulis 4 basalibus subzequalibus, extimo paulld longiori et 
crassiori, apice truncato. Mentum oblongum, planum. Labium quadri- 
lobatum, lobis duobus internis brevibus acuminatis, binis externis ma- 
joribus ad apicem conniventibus. Palpi labiales filiformes, breves, 3-ar- 
ticulati, articulo 1mo brevissimo, 2ndo paulld longiori extimo oblongo- 
ovato, apice truncato. 
Prothorax elongatus, subcylindricus, bistrangulatus, nodum medium rotun- 
datum efformans, nodoque postico majori lateribus rect? deflexis et obli- 
qué truncatis. Meso- et metathorax brevissimi. Segmenta thoracica sub- 
tùs inermia (sternis muticis.). 
Tegmina et alæ coriacea, abbreviata, rudimentalia, ovato-triangularia nervis 
longitudinalibus. Pedes elongati, gracillimi, tibiis anticis basin versus 
