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SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT. 
ACHETA ARACHNOIDES. 
Plate VI. Fig. 1. 
It is a native of Jamaica, and specimens are preserved 
in the collection of the Entomological Club of Lon- 
don. From its peculiar form and resemblance to a 
spider, Mr. Westwood has given it the specific name 
of Arachnoides. It is about seven lines in length, 
exclusive of the anal filaments, of a yellowish hue, 
variegated with dusky brown. The head is trans- 
verse, produced in front, between the antennae, into 
an oblong black hirsute point ; of a dull clay colour, 
with dark brown markings. Two ocelli are dis- 
tinctly visible near to and behind the insertion of the 
antennae. The latter are very long and multiarticu- 
late ,* the palpi likewise long and slender, with the 
terminal joint very slightly securiform. The thorax 
is transverse, dull clay coloured, varied with brown, 
the tegmina short, the dorsal portion of each forming 
nearly a circle, of a dull reddish clay colour, with 
the basal portion darker. The legs are of great 
length, of a dirty ochre yellow, with the four anterior 
thighs and tibiae ringed with brown, the anterior tibiae 
furnished with a minute talc-like spot at the base. 
The antennae and anal filaments dirty clay colour. 
Fam. Gryllidje. 
This family comprehends the extensive tribe of grass- 
hoppers, which have often been confounded, both by 
popular and scientific writers, with the true locusts. 
