456 CLASS VIII. 
spots on the green elytra. The Swedish peasants put this insect, according 
to Linnxvs, upon their hands to bite off the warts.—Locusta varia FaBR., 
Meconema varia SERVILLE, PANnzER, Deutschl. Ins. Heft 33, Tab. 1, &c. 
B. Elytra and wings horizontal, for the most part incumbent 
on back. 
Phalanx III. <Achetide (Gryllides Larr.). Labium with four 
lacinie. Tarsi triarticulate, with joints slender, sometimes spinose. 
The Crickets, gravende sprinkhanen (Grabheuschreken) live under- 
ground or in holes, and are mostly nocturnal. They form with 
Linnaus the division Acheta of the genus G'ryllus, or the genus 
Gryllus of Gnrorrroy and Oxtvier and the genus Acheta of 
FABRICIUS. 
Myrmecophila Latr., Spherium CHARPENT., Burm. Antenne 
setaceous, long. Head covered by prothorax. Ocelli none. Elytra 
and wings none. Females with ovipositor exsert, bifid. Anterior 
feet gressorial, posterior with thighs thick, very broad. 
Sp. Myrmecophila acervorum, Blatta acervorum, PANzER, Deutschl. Ins. Heft 
68, Tab. 24; GuiRin, Iconogr. Ins. Pl. 54, fig. 6; Cuvier, R. Ani. éd. ill., 
Ins. Pl. 82, fig. 2. 
Acheta Far. (in part), Gryllus Larr. Anterior feet gressorial. 
Antenne setaceous, long. Ocelli mostly obsolete or none. Elytra 
short, and in most two wings longer. Females provided with ovi- 
positor exsert. 
a) Pronotum transverse or quadrate. 
Sub-genus: Acheta nob. (Platyblemus Srrv., Brachytrupes SERV., 
Gryllus Serv., Nemobius Srrv., Trigonidium Surv., Podoscirtus 
SERVILLE, Scleropterus HaGENB., Eneoptera BuRM.) 
Sp. <Acheta domestica Fasr., (rryllus domesticus L., Rasen, Jns, I. 
Locust. Tab. X11.; PANzER, Deutschl. Ins. Heft 88, Tab. 6, 7; Cuv. R. Ant. 
éd. ill., Ins. Pl. 81, fig. 4; the hearth-cricket ; body yellow-brown, wings 
longer than shield-covers, terminate in a tail-like point. These animals 
live near the hearth and under stoves in an artificially warm climate, and 
chirp of an evening or by night, and especially when it is about to rain; 
the sound caused by the friction of the shield-covers is ina very high note, 
which some persons, otherwise not deaf, cannot perceive. 
Acheta campestris Fasr., Gryllus campestris L., Rasxt, 1. 1. Tab. XII. 
Panz. Deutschl. Ins. Heft 88, Tab. 8, 9, Cuv. 1.1. fig. 3; the jield-cricket. 
This species is larger than the preceding, has longer shield-covers and a 
