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to be described, and which for a great length of time I had arranged in my 

 cabinet amongst the Cicindelidce, regarding it as an immature Colliuris or 

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



Fam. GRYLLID^. Leach. 

 {Locustarice, Latr. Locustina, MacL. Gi-yllus Tettigonice, Linn.) 



Genus. Condylodera. 



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

 vidi, cum alis et tegminibus brevissimis, abdominis basin tantilm tegen- 

 tibus. An in statu pupae sit, aut, ut potitis mihi videtur, imaginis speciei 

 alis incompletis gaudentis, ut in Ephippigeris ?) 



Corpus elongatum, thorace antic^ attenuato, nodoso,oculis valdfe prominentibus. 



Caput thorace paull5 latius, lateribus pone oculos, rotundatis ; vertice convexo, 

 tuberculo parvo conico inter antennarum basin ; facie verticali. Oculi 

 magni, rotundati, valdfe prominuli. Anteimce graciles, inter partem infe- 

 riorem oculorum insertee, articulis duobus basalibus crassioribus (articulis 

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

 parte antica transversa margine antico in medio paull5 producto, ciliato. 

 Mandibulce validoe, breves, apice denticulatae. Maxillce elongates, lobo 

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

 articulo basali brevi ; palpi maxillares maxilla paull6 longiores, filiformes, 

 5-articulati, articulis 4 basalibus subtcqualibus, extimo paull5 longiori et 

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

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

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

 ticulati, articulo Imo brevissimo, 2ndo paull6 longiori extimo oblongo- 

 ovato, apice truncato. 



Prothorax elongatus, subcylindricus, bistrangulatus, nodum medium rotun- 

 datuin efFormans, nodoque postico majori lateribus rectfe deflexis et obli- 

 qufe truncatis. Meso- et metatkorax brevissimi. Segmenta thoracica sub- 

 ttis inermia {sternis muticis.). 



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

 longitudinalibus. Pedes elongati, gracillimi, tibiis anticis basin versus 



