134 BRITISH ORTHOPTERA. 



in a gravel-pit ; the middle of August, near Lyndhurst in the 

 New Forest." I have met with it in many parts of the Forest ; 

 in fact anyone wishing to capture it, will find this quite easy, 

 so long as he will bear in mind the habits of the insect. Till 

 recently the New Forest was considered to be its only British 

 habitat ; but Burr is able to say * : " This species has occurred 

 commonly for the last ten years or more at Bordwood, near 

 San down (in the Isle of Wight) ; and has also been noticed 

 in Parkhurst Forest (Poole) ; swept in Parkhurst Forest, 

 August, 1907; also on previous occasions (Morey)" There 

 is no inherent reason why it should not be found in oak or 

 mixed woods in other places. Perhaps the most promising 

 spots in which to search for it would be dry sunny banks 

 in the rides and clearings. Parfitt states that he found one 

 specimen in a wood near St. Mary's Clyst in Devonshire, and 

 the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain once told me that a single specimen 

 had been taken at Willington in Derbyshire by G. Pullen. 

 Although these need confirmation as new habitats, there is 

 no reason why they should not be such. 



Genus o. GRYLLUS Linn. 



GryUus Ucheta} LINN. Syst. Nat. (ed. x) i, pp. 425-433 . 1758. 



Acheta FABR. Syst. Ent. p. 279 1775. 



Gryllus LATE. Hist. Nat, Crust. Ins. iii, p. 276 . . 1802. 



Liogryllus SAUSS. Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxv, p. 134 .... 1877. 



LINNAEUS' DESCRIPTION. 



194. GRYLLUS. Caput nutaiis, maxillosum, palpis qnatuor ad 



maxillas. 

 Antennse setacese. 



Al& deflexs3 : superiores flexiles, sTibmembranacese. 

 Pedes saltatorii plerisque. 

 Linnssus thus subdivides the genus : 



*MANTIS. Thorax elongatus, sublinearis. Pedes antici remotissimi 



a reliquis. (10 species.) 

 **ACRIDA. Caput conicum thorace long his, Antennis ensiformibus. 



(2 species.) 



***BULLA. Thorax carinatus. Antenna thorace breviores. (6 species.) 

 * ACHETA. Cauda setis duabus. (4 species.) 

 ^TETTIGONIA. Cauda ensif era feminis. (17 species.) 

 **LocusTA. Cauda simplex. (20 species.) 

 On pa^e 432 is the following foot-note : 



Grylli Lanw pler&que habitant sub terra, pvpx etiam excurrunt et 

 cum parentibus planfas vorant,dum mares stridenti musica sonant. 

 And 011 page 433 : 



Gryllos cum Slattis ordine naturah jungerent Hemipteris, si 

 Character oh fine ret ur combinans. 



(C. Linn^us, ' Syst. Nat.' (ed. x), i, pp. 425-433, 1758.) 



* 'Nat, Hist, of Isle of Wight,' F. Morey, 1909. 



