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FAMILY VII.—GRYLLIDJB.

of male tegmina (when present) furnished with aspeculum.

c. Hind tibiae biseriately serratulate but not spined,or, if spined (Myrmecophila), then the body issub-spherical and the hind femora exceptionally

gibbous. Myrmecophilinse.

cc. Hind tibiae biseriately spined, the body alwayssub-elongate, with relatively slender hindfemora.

d. Hind tibiae rather short, armed with stoutspines, not serrulate between them.

Gryllinse.

dd. Hind tibiae slender, armed with delicatespines, and serrulate between them.

CEcanthinse.

AA. Second joint distinct, depressed, cordiform.

b. Hind tibiae biseriately spinose, not serrate, the apicalspurs, two in number on the inner side.

Trigomdiinse .

bb. Hind tibiae biseriately spinose and also serrate, theapical spurs, three in number, on both sides.

Encoptcrinas.

The sub-family Gryllotalpime contains two tribes.

A. Head furnished with two large ocelli; fore tibiae dilated,markedly digitate; hind femora scarcely saltatorial;

tarsi three-jointed. Gryllotalpini.

A A. Head furnished with three small ocelli; fore tibiaescarcely dilated, three to four spined apically; hindfemora strongly saltatorial; tarsi uniarticulate oraborted. Tridactylini.

GBNUS Gryllotalpa Latreille.

Head oval; thorax convex, sub-elliptical, sides rounded;body rounded and about twice as long as the thorax; an-