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GRYLLUS, Linn. 

 Gryllus, Linn, et auctores. 



Synopsis specierum. 



a. Ovipositor longissimus, corporis longitudine. 



b. Statura magna ; elytra completa. — 1. abbreviates, Serv. 



bb. Statura minor ; elytra valde abbreviata, dimidium corpus liberantia. — 2. neglectus, Sc. — 

 [3. insularis, Sc] 

 aa. Ovipositor quam corpus brevior ; 

 b. femori postico sensim longior : 



c. femur ac dimidiam tibiam sequans. Statura magna. — 4. luctuosus, Serv. 

 cc. brevior at quam femur longior. 



d. Statura magna ; elytris completis. — 5. assimilis,¥. 

 dd. Statura mimita; elytris valde abbreviates . — 6. chichimecus, sp. n. 

 bb. femori sensim sequilongus. — 7. mexicanus, Sss. 



1. Gryllus abbreviates, Serv. 



Gryllus abbreviatus, Serv. Orthopt. p. 336. 6 ; Sauss. Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 400. 6 ; 



Mel. Orthopt. 5 e fasc. p. 317. 1. 

 Var. Pallida; capite pronotoque flavo-variegatis ; elytris, pedibus cercisque fulvis. [Carolina, Northern 



Mexico.] 



Eab. Noeth Ameeica, United States. — Noetheen Mexico. 



2. Gryllus neglectus, Scudd. 



Gryllus neglectus, Scudd. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 428. 4 (1862) ; S. T. Smith, Proc. Portl. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. 1868, p. 144; Sauss. Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 401 (part.). 



Var. $ • Statura media. Niger ; elytris valde abbreviatis, dimidium abdomen liberantibus ; cantho humerali 



pallido ; alis minimis ; ovipositore longissimo. 

 2 . Long. corp. 16-5 ; elytr. 7 ; femor. post. 12 ; ovipos. 16-4 millim. 



Eab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet {H. H. Smith). 



The specimen from Guerrero I regard as a form of G. neglectus, Scudd., with more 

 abbreviated elytra, G. neglectus itself being probably a variety of G.pennsylvanicus, Burm. 



[3. Gryllus insularis, Scudd. 



Gryllus insularis, Scudd. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xviii. p. 268 ; Entom. Notes, v. p. 23 ( $ <J ) 



(1876). 

 Medius, niger ; fronte inter ocellos subfoveolata ; ore fusco ; pronoto transverso ; elytris abbreviatis, obscuro- 



testaceis ; alis brevibus ; pedibus 1, 2 fuscis, obscure rufo-variis ; posticis rafo-castaneis vel obscuris, 



femoribus apice fuscis, abdomen superantibus ; cercis elongatis, fuscis. 

 2 . Elytris dimidium abdomen vix tegentibus ; ovipositore fere corporis longitudine. 

 S . Elytris plus quam dimidium abdomen tegentibus. 

 2 . Long. corp. 20 ; latit. pronoti 6-5 ; fern. post. 13-5 ; ovipos. 19 millim. 

 $ . Long. corp. 18 ; latit. pronoti 6-2 ; fern. post. 12-5 millim. 



Sab. Noeth Ameeica, Guadalupe L, Lower California.] 

 biol. cente.-amee., Orthopt., March 1897. 2 Gg 



