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The Orthopteran families may then be placed in the following de- 

 scending order: Gryllides, Locustariae, Acrydii. Phasmida, Mantides, 

 Blattariffi, Forficulariffi. 



This order, if we omit the Forficulariaj and assume that Burmeister 

 proceeded from the lower to the higher groups in his treatment of 

 insects, is exactly the position assigned to them by that distinguished 

 Grerman entomologist. 



