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to be described, and which foi- a great length of time I luul arranged in my 

 cabinet amongst the Ckindelidce, regarding it as an immatxu-e CoUiuris or 

 Tricondyla, although it in reality belongs to the order Orthoptera. 



Fam. GRYLLIDiî:. Leach. 

 {Locustariœ, Latr. Locusthui, MacL. Gryllus Tett'igonice, Linn.) 



Genus. Condylodera. 



{Obs. Insecti, typum hujus generis constituentis, individuum unicum solium 

 vidi, cum alis et tegminibus brevissimis, abdominis basin lanti^m tegen- 

 tibus. An in statu pupee sit, aut, ut potiùs mihi videtur, imaginis speciei 

 alis incompletis gaudentis, ut in Ep/iippigeris}) 



Corpus elongatuni, thorace anticè attenuato, nodoso,oculis valdè prominentibus. 



Caput thorace paullolatius, lateribus pone oculos, rotundatis ; vertice convexo, 

 tuberculo parvo conico inter antennarum basin ; facie vertical!. Ocali 

 magni, rotundati, valdè prominuli. Antenna' gi-aciles, inter partem infe- 

 riorem oculorum inscrtœ, articulis duoi)us basalibus crassioribus (articulis 

 terminalibus in specimine viso nuitilatis.). Labrum in medio articulatum, 

 parte anticâ transversa margine antico in medio paull6 producto, ciliato. 

 ]\Iand'ibulce validœ, breves, apice denticulatee. 3IaœUlœ elongatee, lobo 

 interne gracili curvato, apice tridentato, lobo externo galeato, biarticulato, 

 articulo basali brevi ; palpi maœîllares maxilla paullo longiores, filiformes, 

 5-articulati, articulis 4 basalibus siibércpialibus, extimo paullo longiori et 

 crassiori, apice truncato. JMentam oblongum, planum. Labium quadri- 

 lobatum, lobis duobus internis brevibus acuminatis, binis externis ma- 

 joribus ad apiceni conniventibus. Palpi labiales filiformes, breves, 3-ar- 

 ticulati, articulo Imo brevissimo, 2ndo paullo longiori extimo oblongo- 

 ovato, apice truncato. 



Prothorax elongatus, subcylindricus, bistrangulatus, nodum medium rotun- 

 datum efformans, nodoque postico majori lateribus rectè deflexis et obli- 

 que truncatis. Meso- et metathorax brevissimi. Segmenta thoracica sub- 

 tils inermia {sternis muticis.). 



Tegmina et alee coriacea, abbreviata, rudimentalia, ovato-triangularia nervis 

 longitudinalibus. Pedes elongati, gracillimi, //7*//,v anticis basin versus 



