ACHORUTES. 



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eight in number on each side. Saltatory appendage of moderate 

 length. 



Achorutes. Abdominal segments subequal. Antennae short, 

 four-jointed. Eyes eight in number on each side. Saltatory 

 appendage quite short. 



Figure 172 represents a species of this genus very abundant 

 under the bark of trees, etc., in New England. It is of a blackish 

 lead color; a, end of tibia bearing a tenant hair, with the tarsal 

 joint and large claw; b, spring; c, the third joint of the spring, 

 with the little spine at the base;* figure 163, the supposed ovi- 



172. Achorutes. 



173. Lipiira flmetaria. 



positor; a, the two blades spread apart; b, side view. The 

 mouth-parts in this genus are much as in Tomocerus, the max- 

 illae ending in a lacinia and palpus. 



The three remaining genera, Lipura, Anurida and Anura, are 

 placed in the " family" Lipurida?, which have no spring. Lub- 

 bock remarks that "this family contains as yet only two* 

 genera, Lipura (Burmeister), in which the. mouth is composed 

 of the same parts as those in the preceding genera, and Anura 

 (Gervais), in which the mandibles and maxillfe disappear." Our 



*Dr. Laboulbene has recently, and we think with good reason, separated Anura 

 maritima from the genus Anura, under the name of Anurida maritima. 

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