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magnum. Mandibulse aspere punctatae. Oculi parvi. Palpi maxillares 

 satlongi; articulus 5us subclavatus, 4o breviov. Prothorax sulcis duobus 

 transversis, 2a undulata, maiijine subreflexo, lateribus undulatis. Abdomen 

 subconjpressura, sat aiisriistum. Pedes breves, crassi ; tibis anticae bi- 

 spinosae ; tibioB intermedife trispinosse : tibiae posticae exlus trispinosae, 

 iiitus quadiispinosae. 



Male. Body thick, convex, smooth, shining:. Head very large, broader 

 than the prolhorax, very convex above, punctured and vertical in front; 

 two slight broad ridges converging upward from the face ; labrum rather 

 large. Mandibles rouglily punctured. Eyes small, oval. Maxillary palpi 

 moderately long; fourth joint much longer than the second; fifth sub- 

 clavate, shorter than the fourth. Third joint of the labial palpi clavate, 

 very little longer than the second. Prothorax transverse; first transverse 

 furrow very near the fore border; second undulating, at a little in front of 

 the middle ; border very slightly reflexed ; sides undulating. Abdomen 

 slightly compressed, much narrower than the prolhorax. Cerci short, 

 lanceolate. Legs short, very thick ; femora unarmed, furrowed beneath; 

 lii)iaB with an apical circlet of six spines; fore tibiae with two spines 

 beneath ; middle tibije with one spine on each side and with one above 

 nearer the base; hind tibiae with three spines on the outer side and with 

 four larger spines on the inner side; tarsi slender; third joint very short. 



16. Stenopelmatus cephalotes. 

 Mas. Fulvus ; fades piceo fasciata ; abdominis dorsum pieevm. 



Male. Tawny. Face with a piceous band. Mandibles piceous. 

 Abdomen piceous above. Claws and spines of the libias with black tips. 

 Length of the body 15 lines. 

 a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. Wuo I. 



Group 8. 

 17. Stenopelmatus Dregii. 

 Dregii, Burin. Handb. Ent. ii. 721. 

 Cape. 



18. Stenopelmatus Pattersonii. 



Gryllus (Acbeta) Pattersonii, Sloll, Saut. et Grijll. 7, pi. 4 c, f. 16—18 

 — Stenopelmatus Pattersoni, Barm. Handb. Ent. ii. 721. 



Cape. 



19. Stenopelmatus portentosus. 



Gryllus portentosus? Schrift, Gesellsch. Nalurf. F reun de—S[ex\ope]malus 

 portentosus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 721— Locusla (Anastosloma) por- 

 tentosa, Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Dez. Ins. 218. 



South Africa. 



Group 9. 

 Fcem. Corpus crassum, convexum, glabrum, nitens. Caput breve, 

 prothorace paullo latins, antice subretraclum. Oculi subprominuli. 1 alpi 

 maxillares long! ; articulus 5us 4o paullo longior. Antenna^ graciles. 



