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GG. Abdomen yellowish beneath, especially at base; exposed portion 
above (in short-winged females) mottled with yellowish, usually 
the pronotum also. Tegmina of female with pale transverse 
markings on cross-veins of dorsal field and a longitudinal pale 
streak along its outer margin; tegmina of male usually somewhat 
varied in tint and with pale line at outer margin of dorsal field. 
Often long-winged Cuban Cricket, A'', cubensis, p. 397. 
CC. Hind tibiae with the ventral pair of apical spurs of equal length. 
Size medium. Ovipositor short, up-curved. 
Carolina Cricket, A''. caroKnus, p. 400. 
Common Field-cricket. 
Gryllus assimilis (Fabricius). 
Fig. 64. 
Acheta assimilis Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 280 (1775). 
Gryllus abbreviatus Smith, Rept. Ct. Bd. Agric. for 1872, p. 354 (1873).— 
Feenald, Orth. N. E., p. 15 (1888).— Scudder, Psyche, vol. 9, p. 104 
(1900).— Walden, Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Ct., no. 16, p. 154 (1911). 
Gryllus luctuosus Smith, Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, p. 144 (1868); 
Rept. Ct. Bd. Agric. for 1872, p. 354 (1873).— Fernald, Orth. N. E., p. 
15 (1888).— Scudder, Psyche, vol. 9, p. 104 (1900). 
Gryllus neglectus Smith, Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, p. 144 (1868). 
—Scudder, Psyche, vol. 9, p. 104 (1900). 
Gryllus pennsylvanicus Scudder, Psyche, vol. 9, p. 104 (1900). — Walden, 
Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Ct., no. 16, p. 154 (1911). 
Gryllus assimilis Hebard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., May 1915, p. 295. 
Color: black, shining, usually with at least the inner side of 
the base of the hind femora yellowish brown; tegmina often pale 
brown and the larger part of the legs yellowish brown, more or 
less suffused with blackish. 
Measurements. 
Body 
Pronotum 
Tegmina 
Wings pass 
tegmina (macrc 
Wide 
Long 
Male 
13-21.5 
4-5.6 
2.5-4 
7-11 
4-7 
Female . . 
12-21.5 
4.5-6 
2.5-3.5 
5-12.5 
6-9 
- 
Hind femora 
Antenna 
Ovipositor 
Male . . . , 
8 -12.5 
18-32 
Female . . 
8.5-13.5 
12-32 
9-22 mm, 
These measurements are based on about 400 New England 
examples, of which 27 are long- winged. 
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