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and others in boggy places. They may be killed with carbon 

 disulphide or potassium cyanide, after which they should be 

 pinned through the thorax and set. 



There is great confusion in the nomenclature of the families, 

 different authors applying the name Gryllidfe to each of the 

 families composing the Saltatoria, while the term Locustidse is 

 by some used for those grasshoppers with long antennae, by 

 others for those with short antennae ; in order to avoid the con- 

 fusion as much as possible, I have called the first family 

 Achetidse, and the other two respectively Gryllidae and Acrididae. 



The most useful works on Orthoptera (besides the two 

 mentioned above) are Fischer's ' Orthoptera Europaea ' and 

 Brunner von Wattenwyl's ' Prodromus der Europaischen Ortho- 

 pteren' (both written in Latin and German). 



List of Beitish Orthoptera. 



CURSORIA. 



Blattidse, Steph., 1829. 

 Blatta, L., 1766. 



lapponica, L., 1745. 



livida, Fab., 1793. 



ericetorum, Wesm., 1838 



nigripes, St. 



gervianica, L., 1766. 

 Pekiplaneta, Burm., 1839. 



orientalis, L., 1745. 



aviericana, L., 1766. 

 PaNchloka, Burm. 



maderce, Fab. 



SALTATOEIA. 



Achetidse, Leach, 1817. 

 AcHETA, Fab. 



campestris, L., 1764. 



domestica, L., 1758. 

 Gbyllotalpa, Latr., 1807. 



vulgaris, Latr., 1807. 

 Nemobiub, Serv., 1839. 



sylvestris, Fab., 1793. 



Gryllidae, Steph., 1829. 

 Odontuka, Eamb., 1838. 



2niiictatismma, Bsc, 1792. 



standigJiii. 

 MECoxEiiA, Serv., 1831. 



vuria. Fab., 1793. 

 XirniDiuM, Serv., 1831. 



fuscum, Fab., 1793. 



dorsaU, Latr., 1804. 

 PnASGONUEA, Westw. 



viridissima, L., 1758. 

 Thamnotkizon, Fsch., 1853, 



cinercus, L., 1789. 

 Decticus, Serv., 1831. 



griseus, Fab., 1793. 



hrevipennis, Charp. 



hrachyterus, L., 1745. 



verrucivorus, L,, 1761. 



Acrididaa. 



Stenobothkus, Fisch. 

 (Khammatocerus, Fisch.) 



elegans, Charp., 1825. 



parallelus, Zett., 1821. 



Table of Families. 



I. Legs formed for running (Cursoria) - 

 II. Legs formed for jumping (Saltatoria). 



1. Antennae long. 



A. Elytra horizontal when in repose 



B. Elytra deflected when in repose 



2. Antennae short . . . . 



lineatus, Panz., 1796. 



viridulus, L., 1761. 



hicolor, Charp., 1825. 



rufipes, Zett., 1821. 

 (Gomphocerus, Thb., 1815). 



biguttatiis, Charp. 



rufiis, L., 1766. 



sibiricus, L., 1766. 

 Stetheophyma, Fisch. 



grossiivi, L., 1766. 

 Pezotetkix, Burm., 1889. 



pcdcstris, L., 1761. 

 LocusTA, L., 1748. 



peregrina, Oliv., 1807. 

 Pachytylus, Fieb., 1852. 



viigratorms, L., 1793. 



flavipes, Don. (Gmel.). 



stridulus, L., 1761. 

 (Edipoda, Burm., 1825. 



ccerulescens, L., 1764. 

 Tetrix, Charp., 1841. 



suhulata, L., 1761. 



hipunctata, L., 1761. 



BlattiDjE. 



AcHETIDjE. 



Geyllid^. 

 AcRiniD^. 



BLATTiDiE, Steph., 1829. 

 = Order Dictyoptera, Leach. 



Eight species. Nocturnal, omnivorous insects, easily dis- 

 tinguished from the other families by their inability to jump and 

 the rapidity of their movements ; the larger species (of which 

 our common cockroach is a familiar example) have been 



