L72 



BRITISH ORTHOPTEKA. 



four spines, the hind tibias with four spurs beneath 

 at the apex ; free plantules shorter than the basal seg- 

 ment of the tarsus. Anal segment of the male exca- 

 vate ; the cerci in the same sex bearing an internal 

 tooth. Ovipositor curved very gradually upwards. 

 Tvpe of the genus Gryllus Tettigonia verrucivora 

 Linnaeus. 



1 . Tettigonia verrucivora Linn. 

 (Plate XIV, fig. 2; PI. XVII, fig. 1.) 



verrucivorus LINN. Syst. Nat. (eel. x), i, p. 



431,ii.38 . . . 1758 Gryllus Tettigonia. 

 LINN. Faun. Suec. (ed. ii), 



p. 237, 11. 870 . . 1761 Gryllus. 



verrucivora DE GEER Mem. Ins. iii, p. 



430, n. 2, pi. xxi, ff. 1, 2 . 1773Locusta. 

 Bingleii (var.) CURTIS Brit. Eiit. ii, pi. 



Ixxxii .... 

 SERV. Ann. Sci. Nat. xxii, 



p. 155 .... 

 DUNCAN Jardine's Nat. 



Libr., Ins. i, p. 253, pi. 



xiii, f . 2 . . . 



BRUNNER Prod. Ear. Ortli. 



p. 363, f . 88 . 

 FINOT, Faune de la Fr.. 



Orth. p. 213, pi. xi, f. 144 1889 Decticus. 

 ELAND SHAW Mon. Brit. 



Orth., in Ent. Mo. Mag. 



p. 96 . . . . 1890 Decticus. 

 BURR Brit, Orth. p. 59, pi. 



v, f . 3 . . . . 1897 Decticus. 

 (var. buyssoni) AZAM Rev. 



Sci. Boiirboim. xv. p. 39 1902 Decticus. 

 KIRBY Syii. Cat, Orth. p. 



213 



verrucivorus 

 verrucivora 



verrucivorus 



1825Acrida. 

 1831 Decticus. 



1848Acrida. 



1882 Decticus. 



Verrucivora 

 verrucivora 



CAUDELL Gen. Ins. Fasc. 



1-1, p. 28 . 

 verrucivorus BURR Syn. Orth. W. Eur. 



p. 114 



1906 Tettigonia. 

 1908 Tettigonia. 

 1910 Decticus. 



verrucvora 



&UCAS Proc. S. Loud. Ent. 



Soc. p. 54, pi. i, f. 2 . 1914 Tettigonia. 



ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. 



verrncivorus. 38. Gr. T. thorace subquadrato lasvi, alis viridibus fusco 



niaculatis, aiitennis setaceis loiigitudine corporis. 

 Habitat in Europa. 

 (C. Linnseus, ' Syst. Nat.' ed. x, torn, i, p. 431, 1758.) 



