THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. 



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measures six-tenths of an inch in length (Fig. 98) ; and 

 Gryllus neglectus Scudder, whicli differs from the last- 

 named by having a shorter ovipositor. 



" Then there are the field-crickets. Besides the white 

 climbing cricket {(Ecanthus)^ which I have mentioned, 





FIG. 98. — BLACK CRICKETS (GRTLLUS NIGER), FROM NATURE, 

 REDUCED ONE-FOUKTII. 



there is a wingless species (JVe?)io7j««s riitaiM.s), the Striped 

 Cricket. It is very small, about four-tenths of an 

 inch long, and varies in color from dusky brown to 

 rusty black. This is a social species whose individuals 

 associate in great swarms, feed in common, frequent 

 our meadows and road-sides, and so far from shunning 



