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ORTHOPTERA. 
LOCUSTA (PHYMATEA) PUNCTATA. 
Plate XII. fig. 2. 
Subgenus. Phymatea. (Phymateus, Thunberg, Serville.) 
Species. Locusta (Phymatea) Punctata: thorace verrucoso atro, lateribus capitis et 
thoracis flavis ; tegminibus atris, flavo-punctatis ; alis atris ; abdomine rufo-annulato. 
Long, (alis clausis) 2f 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,) 2| inches. 
Syn. Gryllus punctatus, Drury , App. vol. 2, pi. 41, fig. 4. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. 51. Thun- 
berg, Mem. Acad. Peter sb. p. 258. Stoll Saut. pi. 7 b, f. 24 A. 
Habitat. East Indies. 
SCHIZODACTYLA MONSTROSA. 
Plate XII. fig. 3. 
Family. Achetidje, Leach. 
Genus. Schizodactyla. (Schizodactylus, Brulle. Acheta, Fabricius. Gryllus, Latreille. 
Species. Schizodactyla Monstrosa : tegminibus alisque caudatis convolutis ; corpore 
luteo-fusco punctis nigris. Long. Corp. If 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 Brulle Hist. Nat. Ins. t. 9, p. 161.] British Cycl. Nat. Hist, 
pi. of Orth. Ins. Le Regne Animal (Edit. Crochard,) Ins. pi. 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, Achetidae ; a rela- 
tion strengthened, moreover, by the general structure of the body ; the anal appendages, 
(one of which is shewn in the accompanying figure) ; the horizontal position of the 
