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is wholly piceous. Tegmina of female covering- a little more than 

 half the abdomen ; those of the male hardly reaching its tip. 

 Ovipositor about a third shorter than hind femora, distinctly 

 though feebly arcuate, the apical blades but little enlarged at 

 the base, very finely serrulate with dull, rasp-like teeth." — 

 Blatchley. 



Measurements. 



This small species inhabits swampy places, often living in 

 sphagnum moss. Canaan, South Kent, August 18-19 (A. P. M.) ; 

 Salisbury, 27 August (W. E. B.) ; Lyme, 21 August, New Haven, 

 August and September (B. H. W.). 



Gryllus Linnaeus. 

 This genus includes the large dark colored field crickets. 

 The body stout, head large and globose; eyes large and rounded. 

 Antennas slender, longer than the body. Pronotum wider than 

 long, the width about equalling that of the head. Hind femora 

 stout ; hind tibiae with two rows of long fixed spines, their length 

 increasing towards the apex. Ovipositor as long as or longer than 

 the hind femora, the length varying but little in the same species. 

 Some species are dimorphic as regards wing length. 



Key to Species. 



1. General color black, tegmina often dull reddish brown; 



basal joint of antennae not projecting beyond front of 



head 2 



Straw-colored, head and thorax marked with brown; 

 basal joint of antennae projecting slightly beyond 

 front of head domesticus 



2. Ovipositor more than 18 mm. in length ; about one and 



one-half times the length of the hind femora. Male 



stout, head large and broad abbreviatus 



Ovipositor not more than 14 mm. in length ; about one 

 and one-fourth times the length of the hind femora. 

 Male more slender, head more narrow. . . pennsylvanicus 



