238 I5KITISH OlvTHOlTKK'A. 



). St, (Omocestus) viridulus Linn. 

 (Plate XIX, fig. G; PI. XX, fig. 6 ; PI. XX1Y.) 



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LINN. Syst. Nat. (ed. x) i, p. 433, 



n. 55 . . . . . . 1758 Grtjllus Locust a. 



LINN. Faun. Suec. (ed. ii), p. 238, 



II. 874 ...... V761Gryllus. 



FISCH. Orth. Eur. p. 329. 11. 12, pi. 



xvi, f. 15 . . . 1853 Stenobothrus. 



BRUNNER Prod, der Eur. Orth. p. 



III, f. 28 E ... . 1882Stenobothrus. 

 SHAW Mon. Brit. Orth. in Ent. 



Mo. Mag. p. 415 . . . 1889Stenobothrus. 



FINOT Faivne de la Fr. Orth. pp. 



109, 116, pi. v, ff. 75, 76 . . 188QStenobothrus. 



BURR Brit. Orth. p. 35, pi. iii, f. 3 1897Stenobothrus. 



BURR Syn. Orth. W. Eur. p. 39 . 1910 Omocesttt*. 



Viridulus KIRBY Syn. Cat. Orth. iii. p. 175 . 1910 Omocestit* 

 ru- id iii us LUCAS Proe. S. Lond. Ent. Soc. p. 



30, pi. iii. f . 1 . . . 1913 Omocestus. 



(Other synonyms :G. rubicundus Gin el. ; L. apricct Steph. ; A. 

 rufomarginatum De Geer ; A. nigrnterminatum, De Geer; G. 

 dimidiutus, Thunb. ; G. marginalis Thunb.) 



Type of genus Omocestus. 



ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. 



viridulus. 55. G. L. thorace cruciate, corpore supra viridi, elytrorum 



margine albido. Fn. *vec. 626. 

 It. wgoth. 276. Gryllus capite thorace elytrisque 



superne viridibus. 

 Habitat in Europa. 



(C. Linnseus, ' Syst. Nat.' ed. x. Tom. i, p. 433, 1758.) 

 874. GRYLLUS viridulus thorace cruciate, corpore supra viridi, 



elytrorum margine albido. Fn. 616. 

 Habitat copiosissime omnium ad SursviJeen juxta mare, ubi 



instar sementantis segetis ante pedes cadit. 



DESCR. Hie inter minimos (si 11011 minimus omnium) nostros 

 numerandus est. Corpus superne viride, quum captit et 

 thorax supra saturate viridia. Alx> dilute virides, exteriores 

 sive elytra viridia margine exteriore sen lateri albo. Abdo- 

 men, pectus, femora, facies pallida. Antenna articulis xxiii 

 circiter constant. 



VARIAT in quibusdam angulo utriiique thoracis dorsali lineola 

 alba et alia lineola alba inter marginem elytrorum album et 

 discam alee. 



(C. Linnaeus, 'Faun. Suec/ p. 238, 1761.) 



MALE IMAGO (PI. XXIV, fig. 1) --Colour usually ruddy 

 brown and green ; sometimes the mid-dorsal region 

 green, which gives a green appearance to the whole 

 insect. Lenr/tli- 14-15 mm. Apex of palpi concolorous 



