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done and the stuffing between the boxes is sufficiently elastic, 
the results are satisfactory. All shipments, however, are 
attended with considerable risk of damage or even of total loss, 
and carriage of valuable specimens in person is advised. 
The Orthoptera of New England. 
Key to the Families of Orthopteroidea of New England. 
A. Abdomen ending in a pair of conspicuous, homy, unjointed pincers or 
forceps-like appendages, and the tarsi three-jointed. The three pairs of 
legs similar in form and nearly equal in length. \\'ings, if present, folded 
transversely as well as radially and hidden, save at tips, under leathery 
wing-covers which meet in median hne. Dorsum of abdomen exposed 
posteriorly, homy. 
Order Dermaptera, Family Forficulidae of authors, p. 283. 
AA. Abdomen without forceps-like appendages at end, or if so, with tarsi 
five-jointed. Wings, if present, folded in fan-hke plaits to their base and 
covered more or less completely by stiffer, parchment-like wing-covers. 
Order Orthoptera. 
B. Legs equal or nearly equal in size, the hind thighs not distinctly enlarged 
for leaping. Auditory and sound-producing organs absent. Tegmina 
(wing-covers) and wings in later nymph stages, when present, in normal 
position. Ovipositor not conspicuous. Xon-saltatorial Orthoptera. 
C. Body strongly depressed; broad, often more or less oval in outline. 
Head nearly or quite concealed by pronotum, the face ventral, the 
mouth posterior. Pronotum shield-shaped. The three pairs of legs 
much alike Cockroaches, Family Blattidae, p. 299. 
CC. Body elongate ; head freely visible from above. 
D. Pronotum elongate. Front legs raptorial, the coxae elongate and 
thighs enlarged, spinose. 
Praying Mantids, Family Mantidae, p. 327.i 
DD. Pronotum short, but httle longer than head. All legs similar; 
coxae not elongate.. .Walking-sticks, Family Phasmidae, p. 321. 
BB. Hind legs elongate, the thighs enlarged for leaping. Auditory and 
sound-producing organs usually present. Tegmina and wings in later 
nj-mph stages, when present, reversed in position. Ovipositor usually 
conspicuous Saltatorial Orthoptera. 
E. Antennae much longer than the body, bristle-shaped, delicately taper- 
ing. Tarsi three- or four-jointed. Ovipositor usually prolonged and 
compressed, blade-like, or cyUndrical and needle-like in form. Audi- 
tory organs situated near base of front tibiae, stridulating organs on 
dorsal field of tegmina. 
Introduced; not estabhshed. 
