~ Orper VI. ORTHOPTERA. 
Ged Ovenbiries: Oliv. Lam. Latr. 
Class Utonata. Fabr. 
Order Hemiprera. Linn. 
Characters of the Order. 
- Elytra coriaceous, the internal margin of one over- 
lapping the same margin of the other. Wings mem- 
branaceous, the anterior margin “abou ce longitudi- 
folded. longate, narrow. 
nally folded. “Papi shor very rarely wit five joins, 
Trige I, Manripes. 
and horizontal ; the latter simply lon- 
gitudenally fold Tarsi five-jointed. Body some- 
mat ela or linear. ree not formed for leap- 
é Famity L Phasmida, 
4 Anterior feet not raptorious, Thorax composed of 
; two segments. 
$46. Passe Genus CCCXLVI. Puasma. Licht. Fabr. Latr. 
Leach. 
MA. 
; Mantis. Linn. De Geer, Oliv. 
t Spectrum. Stoll. Lam. cnt 
lindric, filiform, winged. Thorax c, 
phe sets t much longer than the first. Feet simple. 
Violascens. Sp, 1. Violascens. ge Dil os eget ge of 
the elytra ellowish ; wings, exception of 
shes ‘ccnlacntusitecnny ini violet ; the four hinder thighs 
eer ene. Sieh wea. od 
: ana 
Inhabits New Holland. 
. Spec- Genus CCCXLVII. Spectrum. 
Leach. 
- Stoll. Lamarck, 
: - Inhabits italy nd rr acon parts of France. 
Genus COCXLVIIL. Puyutrom. : Illiger, Latreille. 
Mantis. , Linn. Fabr, Oliv. 
Puasma. Lich. Lam. 
Spectrum. Stoll. 
wing Absdceson Oval ox ellignte depressed, with elytra and 
a Seca “Beg gre Dondvan, Nat. Hist. 
the Insects of India, No8. 3. 
vac tee fie Nt fe. 
_. Famivy Il. “Mantida. 
ni mec paints ow Thorax ve a 00 one 
Gants CCCXLIX. Bustle Mig. ian 
~Mawtis. Linn. Fabr. Oliv. Stoll. Lam. Lich. 
Antenne of the male 
into a horn. Four’ bade foe Heving thas’ inec 
adorned with leaf-processes. 
See Mee 
antis mendica. Fabr. Latr. Stoll, Mant, tab. 12 
fig: 47: * 
Man- Genus CCCL. Mantis. Linn. Latr. Tae Oliv, 
Lam. Lich. Latr. Stoll. 
Em- 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
119 
Antenne in both sexes simple. Head without an Metabolia. 
ye Legs egies Ba 
er iosa. vipers somewhat linear; tho- Religiosa. 
rax the length 
of the elytra, three times longer 
than oases acre with the exception of the anterior 
wee longitudinally carinated teral margins yel- 
owish, denticulated. Elytra linear, glaucous transpa- 
rent green, the exterior margin yellowish. Wings of 
the same colour with the sage rl but paler and more 
transparent, the tips brownish. Anterior legs with 
-denticulated cox. Anterior thighs yellowish within, 
denticulated at the base beneath; the spines with black 
tips. 
Mantis religiosa. Linn. Latr. 
Le Mante. 
pee oratoria var 2. Fabricius, 
Scopoli. 
iit he comin and wastes of southern Eu. 
Tame II. Acueripes. 
lytra horizontal. “Wings Hesigdg wary folded, of 
ten} vedocea beyond the elytra. Tarsi -jointed. 
feet formed for jumping. ‘ 
Fairy I... Gryllotalpida. 
Antenne not than the thorax.’ Anterior feet 
compressed, formed for digging. Oviduct not exserted. 
Genus CCCLI. Grytioratra. . Ray, Latreille. 
Gryvtuus (Acheta.) Linn. 
351. Gnvt- 
LOTALPA, 
Acueta. Fabr. 
Antennz setaceous, composed of a vast number of 
joints, oe Sign ging beinty. Anterior tibie and tarsi form- 
; two joints of the tarsi very ot 
dentin Hinder feet title formed for jumpin 
Sp. 1 aris. Above fuscous, ferruginous-yel- Vulgaris. 
lowish 3 anterior tibiee quadridentate ; wings 
twice the length of the el 
Gr yllus gryflotalpa 
Iebabite Kavos, vulgaris, Latreille. 
The male sings in the evening by 
rubbing the lparet’ 
Sp. 2. "Didaciyla ‘Anterior tibia bidentate. 
Thies ao has been confounded with 
with G. vulgaris 
in stinkin <n: 
Genus CCCLII. Tripacrytvs. ~ Olivier, Latr, $52. Trr- 
AcuHetTa. DACTy- 
arcs ed. ran (very short), ten-jointed, An- '* 
testoe tibia: with thelr} ints onl Hinder feet 
well calculated for rad th caren 
Sp. 1. Paradoxus. Pale luteous ; thorax 
cous, the sides luteous ; elytra *half the 
the abdomen, hyaline externally with white 
tips; wings a little longer than the abdomen, with their 
base white, then brown, transversely striated, 
Inhabits Guinea. It is the Acheta digitata of Coque- 
bert, tab. 21. fig. 3. 
Famuty II. Achetida. 
' Feet not formed for digging. Oviduct exserted. 
Antenne longer than the thorax. 
» Genus CCCLIII. Acueta. » Fabr. 
ris oap Linn. Geoff. Latr. Oliv. Lam. th 
ke Campestris.. Body three times ee m Campestris: 
broad, black, shining. 
ie re campestris. Linn. Latr, 
heta campestris. Fabricius, 
Inhabits the temperate parts of Europe. Is not very 
common in Britain. 
Didactyla, 
e fus- Paradoxus. 
of 
358. 
ACHETA. 
