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248 ACHETA ARACHNOIDES. VI. Fig. 1. is a native of Jamaica, and specimens are preserved in the collection of the Entomological Club of London. 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 transverse, produced in front, between the antennæ, into an oblong black hirsute point; of a dull clay colour, with dark brown markings. Two ocelli are distinctly visible near to and behind the insertion of the antennæ. The latter are very long and multiarticulate; 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 tibiæ ringed with brown, the anterior tibiæ furnished with a minute talc-like spot at the base. The antennæ and anal filaments dirty clay colour.

family comprehends the extensive tribe of grasshoppers, which have often been confounded, both by popular and scientific writers, with the true locusts.