IUMT1SH OKTHOPTEKA. 



municatus ; A: alia vice a D. Marklin. patria 11011 indicata. Fortiter 

 stridet. Mores praecedentis. [Gryllus dorsatus^] 



Descr. I. v. Mas & Fern. Statura prioris, magnitudine minori, im- 

 primis maris, qui femina duplo minor ; diifert praecipue a praecedente 

 c;ipite thoraceque totis virescentibus, hemelytris brevioribus, uni- 

 coloribus, - pedum posteriorum geniculis nigris. Caput cum antennis & 

 oculis omnino ut in praecedente constructum, colore viridi. Thor,>' 

 etiam ut in illo, totus virescens. Hemelytra in mare abdomine paullo 

 (circiter linea) breviora, pallida, immacnlata ; in femina dimidiam 

 abdomiiiis partem vix attingunt. tola viridia, unicolora. Abdomen 

 dovso aut viridi-fiiscuni, aut brunneum, lateribus saepe nigro-macu- 

 latum, vent-re dilutiori. Differentia sexus ut in prioribus. Pedes 

 glabri, testacei, posticorum femoribus supra viridi) >us. subtus flavis 

 geniculis nigris, saltern fuscis. Pulvilli perspicni. 



Variat $ . antennis totis testaceis ; variat etiam femina tota obscura 

 vel pallida. 



Obs. Hanc speciem, quae omnino distincta videtur, in copula 

 depreliendere mihi adhuc lion contigit. Femina an rite explicata ? 

 Pupas sexus masculi cum imaginibus saepe inveni. 

 (Zetterstedt, ' Orthoptera Sueciae,' p. 85, 1821.) 



MALE IMAGO (PI. XXIII, fig. 7). --Colour very variable, 

 usually brown, or a great part green, small. Length 

 12-13 mm. Antennae, long. Vertex produced as a 

 triangle between the eyes ; foveolds very unpronounced ; 

 median sulcus of the irons deep, with ocellus con- 

 spicuous nearer the top. Cross, furrow of pronotwni 

 nearer the hind margin; carinse somewhat parallel, 

 but less so than in C. elegans', lateral ones curved 

 inwards in front of the cross furrow. Elytra (PI. XX, 

 fig. 9), fully developed; reaching nearly to the tip 

 of the abdomen ; usually pale brown, without spots ; 

 costa arched at the base. Wings abortive ; about 

 2'5 mm. long. 



FEMALE JMA.GO.- -Colour even more variable than in 

 the male. Size much larger. Length some 20-22 mm. 

 Antennse shorter and more slender. Lateral carinse of 

 pronotum somewhat more parallel than in the male. 

 Elytra green or brown, abbreviated, rhomboidal ; costa 

 arched at the base. Wings abortive, about 3 mm. long. 

 Ovipositor somewhat blunt, rather prominent ; without 

 external tooth. 



VARIATION.- -(7. parallelus is a very variable insect, 

 the female particularly. Usually the tendency is in 

 one of two directions towards brown or towards 



