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 ORTHOPTERA. 



LOCUSTA (PHYMATEA) PUNCTATA. 



Plate XII. fig. 2. 

 Subgenus. Phymatea. (Phymateus, Thunberg, Serville.) 



Species. Locusta (Phymatea) Punctata : tliorace verrucoso atro, lateribus capitis et 

 thoracis flavis ; tegminibus atris, flavo-punctatis ; alis atris ; abdomine rufo- 

 annulato. Long, (alis clausis) 2| unc. 

 Locusta (Phymatea) : with the thorax warty, black, with the sides of it and of 

 the head yellow ; tegmina black, spotted with yellow ; wings black ; abdomen 

 with red rings. Length, (with the wings shut,) 2f inches. 

 Stn. Gryllus punctatus, Drury, App. vol. 2, pi. 41, fig. 4. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. 51. Thim- 



berg, Mem. Acad. Pelersb. p. 258. Stoll Saut. pi. 7. b, f. 24 A. 

 Habitat. East Indies. 



SCHIZODACTYLA MONSTROSA. 



Plate XII. fig. 3. 



Family. Achetid.e, Leach. 



Genus. Schizodactyla. Schizodactylus, Bridle. Acheta, Fabricius. Gryllus, Latreille, 



Species. Schizodactyla Monstrosa : tegminibus alisque caudatis convolutis ; corpore 

 luteo-fusco punctis nigris. Long. Corp. 1| unc. 

 Schizodactyla : with the tegmina and wings very long, forming a rolled-up tail ; 

 body luteo-fuscous with black markings. Length If inches. 



Syn. Gryllus monstrosus, Drury App. vol. 2, pi. 43, fig. 1. Fabricius Ent. Syst. 2. 29. 

 (Acheta m.) Aud. et Bridle Hist. Nat. Ins. t. 9, p. 161. British Cycl. Nat. Hist, 

 pi. of Ortk. Ins. Le Regne Animal {Edit. Crochard,) Ins.pl. 82, f. 1. 



Donovan states that " this very singular creature is found in the vicinity of 

 Bengal, where, according to the information of Mr. Fichtel, it is by no means common. 

 It lives under ground, like the Gryllus Campestris, and some other well known 

 analogous European insects of this tribe." 



This fact is of considerable interest, since it clearly proves the strong relation 

 which exists between this interesting species and the family of the crickets, Achetidas ; 

 a relation strengthened, moreover, by the general structure of the body ; the anal 

 appendages, (one of which is shown in the accompanying figure) ; the horizontal 



