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CE. ciNERASCENs. FabHcius (GrijllusJ. Gryllus migratorius : Rambur. 



Body smooth, green or brown ; behind each eye a black longi- 

 tudinal mark, rarely wanting. Prothorax with a slightly elevated, 

 compressed keel, the disc generally with a more or less distinct black 

 line on each side. Fore wings longer than the abdomen, transparent ; 

 some of the transverse veins yellowish, others blackish, these last form 

 by their union a number of transparent spots ; internal base yellowish- 

 green, generally unspotted. Hind wings large, transparent, the in- 

 ternal base more or less washed with greenish-yellow ; veins black or 

 dark brown. Legs the same colour as the body ; the internal face of 

 the posterior femora with two or three black marks. 



Length, from 1 to 2 inches. 



Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand. 



This species varies much in size and colour, and in New Zealand 

 it frequently has a very dark hue. 



Section— EUPLEXOPTEHA. 



Anal segment provided with a movable forceps. Under- wings 

 folded both transversely and longitudinally. 



Family — Eoepiculid^. 

 Antennae filiform or setaceous ; head free ; no ocelli ; labrum 

 large, crescentic ; labium cleft to the base of its stipites ; prothorax 

 quadrangular ; hemi-elytrse much shorter than the abdomen, with no 

 membranous area. Tarsus three- jointed. Abdomen nine-ringed, 

 the seventh and eighth short in the female and covered by the sixth. 

 The female incubates her eggs, 



Genus-FOEFICESILA. 

 Latreille. 

 Body smooth, slightly convex ; abdomen elongated, thick ; the 

 second and third dorsal plates without any lateral tubercle ; terminal 

 segment largely developed, greater in the males than in the females ; 

 penultimate dorsal plate narrow; penultimate ventral plate prolonged 

 in an obtuse triangle, leaving the sides of the last ventral plate un- 

 covered. Head triangular, convex above. Antennae 15— 30-jointed ; 

 palpi filiform, Prothorax nearly square. Elytra and wings present 

 or absent. Legs moderate ; tarsi with the first and third joints 

 elongated, the second small and bifid, 



E. littorea. White, Voy. " Ei'eb." and '^ Terror," Ins., p. 24, pi. 6, 

 /, 4, 5 [Forficula], (1846). 

 Deep blackish-brown, with fulvous legs ; head somewhat trian- 

 gular, the sides behind the eyes rounded, very deep blackish-brown ; 



