154 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



G. abbreviatus Serville. Common Field Cricket. Plate XI, 8. 



Body large and wide. Head shining black, that of the male 

 much swollen and broader than the pronotum, less prominent in 

 the female. Pronotum about one and one-half times as wide 

 as long. Tegmina usually dark reddish brown to black, some- 

 times dull yellowish brown, covering the abdomen in the male 

 or about three-fourths of the abdomen in the female. Wings 

 much shorter than the tegmina in the type, or twice their length 

 in the long-winged form, hictnosus. Hind femora very stout, 

 dark reddish brown to black. Ovipositor very long, equaling 

 or exceeding the body in length, and nearly or fully one and 

 one-half times the length of the hind femora. 



Common throughout the state from August until frost. 



G. pennsylvanicus Burmeister. 



A rather broad species with the head of the male less swollen 

 than in abbreviatus ; pronotum slightly wider in proportion than 

 in the above species. The tegmina vary in color from deep black 

 to grayish brown, often with a yellowish brown line along the 

 humeral angle ; the tegmina reach the tip of the abdomen in the 

 male, nearly to the tip in the short-winged female, or slightly 

 surpass it in the long-winged form. Hind femora short and 

 stout. Ovipositor always shorter than the body, slightly longer 

 than the hind femora. 



Measurements. 



Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind Femora Ovipositor 



Female 22 4 9 12 14 



Male 16-17 3.5 10 12 



Common throughout the state from May until frost; is found 

 under stones and rubbish. 



G. domesticus Linnaeus. House Cricket. 

 Pale yellowish brown or straw-color, with reddish brown 

 markings on head and pronotum. Tegmina reaching nearly or 



