GENUS. ACHETA, _Fabr._ Gryllus, _Latr._ SUBGENUS: Schizodactylus, _Brullé_. ACHETA (SCHIZODACTYLA) MONSTROSA. Elytris alisque caudatis convolutis, corpore luteo-fusco punctis nigris. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 9 lin.) SYN. Gryllus monstrosus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 2. 29. 2. (Acheta m.) Schizodactylus monstrosus, _Aud. & Brullé Hist. Nat. Ins. tom_. ix. _s. g._ 24. _Donovan Ins. India_, _pl._ 12. _fig._ 3. HABITAT: India (_Fabricius_). Antennæ considerably longer than the body, filiform. Mouth furnished with strong jaws, and four palpi; two of which are very long. General colour dusky olive brown. Wings and tegmina extending {91}as far beyond the body as its own length, and curling in a most singular manner, being very curiously folded together. Body with two short tails placed at its extremity. Legs longer than usual with insects of this kind; each of the thighs being furnished with spines, and also the tips of the tibiæ. Tarsi four-pointed, besides the claws; those of the fore and middle legs having on each side two small appendages like flaps. Hinder tarsi furnished on each side with five of these flaps, some of which appear moveable, others fixed, as represented in the plate. ACHETA MEMBRANACEA. Plate XLIII. fig. 2. ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Saltatoria. FAMILY: Achetidæ. GENUS. ACHETA, _Fabr._ Gryllus Acheta, _Linn._ Gryllus, _Latr._ ACHETA MEMBRANACEA. Luteo-fusca, pronoti annulis duobus nigris, alis corpore longioribus, tarsis posticis quinque spinosis. (Long. Corp. 2 unc. 3 lin.) SYN. Gryllus membranaceus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. HABITAT: Bay of Honduras, Musquito Shore. Antennæ long, filiform. General colour yellowish brown. Thorax with two rings, almost black. Wings extending beyond their cases, terminating in two tails that are folded; each representing a two-edged sword. Abdomen furnished with two bristles. At the tips of the hinder tibiæ are placed five spines, one being quite small; the middle ones have four, that are small; and the fore ones one.