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870. GRYLLUS verrucivorns thorace subquadrato Isevi, alls viridibus 

 fusco maculatis, antennis setaceis longitudine corporis. 



Gryllus cauda ensifera recta corpore subviridi. It. goth. 253. 

 Fn. 621. 



Habitat in pratis. Rustici huic insecto verrucas manus ad- 

 movent, quas praemordet et evorait in vulnus liquoreni, unde 

 verruca contabescit. 



DESCR. Distinguitur a reliquis variis iiotis. Thoracis armatura 

 triangulari, seu ad latera deorsum producta et a tergo versus 

 alas dilatata. Feminu ad aiium ensem gerit bivalvein ; M<is 

 elytris versus basin foramine amplo, nienibrana pellucida 

 consolidate, quibus sonum effecit sub cantu. Color totius 

 corporis maxima ex parte viridis. 



(C. Linnseus, 'Faun. Suec." p. 237. 1761.) 



MALE IMAGO (PL XVII, fig. 1 ).- -Colour a combination 

 of green and yellowish or olivaceous brown. Length 

 some 28-35 mm. He<.nl with broad and rounded vertex ; 

 frons green or reddish yellow; antennae about as long as 

 the body. Pronotum very pronouncedly saddle-shaped, 

 dorsal part flat, widening backwards, with a median 

 and two lateral carinae ; side-flaps also flat, colour 

 greenish or yellowish, or the two combined. Enjtro 

 longer than the body, green or green and brown, with 

 very dark markings, especially a row, or rows, of large 

 spots along the central region of the elytra, each spot 

 consisting of a dense cluster of small ones. Wings 

 fully developed, hyaline, slightly brown along the 

 costal region. Fore fan-urn verv short, hind ones 



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very long, greenish, very much swollen at the base 

 and there having darker markings arranged somewhat 



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as a series of transverse lines. Fore tibiae with a row 

 of four spines above ; hind tibia? with four strong* 

 apical spines below. The pl<uttnh' of hind tarsi not 

 very long. Abdomen brownish, on the sides the 

 margins of segments paler and there with some dark 

 dots. Anal segment deeply excavated, with pointed 

 lobes. Cerci stout, a short tooth at about the middle. 

 Stibgenital lamina slightly emarginate, with rather long* 

 styles. 



FEMALE IMAGO (PI. XIV, fig. 2). --Colour much as in 

 the male. Length some 35 mm. Elytra and wings fully 

 developed as in the male. Cerci without a tooth. 3-ub- 



