CATALOGUE 



OF 



G R Y L L I D iE 



Order DERMAPTERA. 

 Sect. 2. SALTATORIA. 



Sanatoria, Latr. Serv. Hist. Orth. 293. 



a. Fore wings horizontal in repose, _ . - - Grvllid^. 

 aa. Fore wings deflexed in repose. 



b. Antennae long, setaceous. Tarsi 4-jointed. - - - AcEiDiDiE. 

 hb. Antennae filiform, generally rather short. Tarsi 3-jointed. Locustid^. 



Fam. 1. GRYLLIDiE. 



Gryllides, Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. 1807. — Gryllina, Mac/eay.—- Achetidae, 

 Leach, Steph. — Gryllodea, Burin. Handb. Ent. ii. 725. — Achetina, 

 Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. 1835. — Gryllides et Hypsalloraeni, Serv. Hist. 

 Orth. 319, 358. 



a. Fore legs fossorial. 



b. Hind tarsi of the usual form. 



c. Tarsi 3-jointed. 



Genus 1. GRYLLOTALPA. 



Gryllotalpa, Rut/, Leach, Latr., Steph., Serv., Burm., Fisck. — Gryllus, 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 693.— Acheta, Fair. Ent. Syst. ii. 28. 



a. Fore tibiae with four teeth. 



b. Fore wings not extending heyoud the fourth segment of the ab- 



domen. 



c. Fore border of the hind femora sin uated. - - vulgaris. 

 cc. Fore border of the fore femora not sinuated. 



d. Hind wings extremely small, shorter than the fore wings, hirsuta. 

 dd. Hind wings narrow, shorter than the abdomen. borealis ; cophta, 



ddd. Hind wings as long as the abdomen. - - -- minuta. 



dddd. Hind wings longer than the abdomen. 



e. Body dull above. 



/. Fore femora not sinuated. 

 g. Prothorax moderately broad. 



