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The specimen is very small, the pronotum measuring but 7 

 mm. in length. The tegmina cover about one-half of the 

 al)domen and the wings are barely caudate. 



Subfamily GRYLLIN^ 



? Gryllus capitatus Saussure. 



Gryllus pusillus Burmeister, Handb. Ent., vol. ii, p. 733 (1838) ; 

 Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 36 (1906). 



One 9 , no date. Schunke. 



This yellowish brown female cricket is determined as cap- 

 itatus with considerable doubt. In its present state of chaos 

 the genus Gryllus is unwieldy and the numerous species are for 

 the most part almost inseparable. 



This specimen has the tegmina, the legs, the sternum, and 

 the apical half of the ovipositor yellowish brown, also the 

 lower part of the head, including the mouth parts ; the rest of 

 the insect is black. The anterior tibiae have foramina on both 

 sides, that on the inner side distinct but less than half as large 

 as that on the opposite side. The tegmina extend to the end of 

 the abdomen and the wings are caudate. The ovipositor is less 

 than one and one-half times as long as the posterior femora. 

 The pronotum is distinctly broader than long and is distinctly 

 rounded posteriorly. The measurements are as follows : 

 Length : pronotum, 5 mm. ; tegmina, 1() mm. ; wings beyond the 

 tip of the tegmina, 13 mm. ; posterior femora, 14 mm. ; ovi- 

 positor, 18 mm. Width : pronotum, 7 mm. 



This species, as well as a number of others now standing in 

 the lists as distinct forms, may eventually prove to be the same 

 as assimilis, or of no more than varietal distinctness, as has 

 already been recorded as true of this species by Rehn, 2 Rept. 

 Estac. Centr. Agron., p. 219 (1909). 



? Gryllus peruviensis Saussure. 



Gryllus peruviensis Saussure, Miss. Mex., Orth., p. 406 (1874) ; 

 Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 28 (1906). 



One 9 nymph, August 30, 1906. Iconnicoff. 



Miogryllus pusillus Burmeister. 



Gryllus pusillus Burmeister, Handb. Ent., vol. ii, p. 733 (1838) ; 

 Miogryllus pusillus Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 38 (1906). 



