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8. Brachytrypes PEDESTRIS. 



Foem. Pi&eus, ap terns, tomentosus ; caput nitens, antice ferrugineum ; 

 palpi, prothoracis latera pectusque fulva ; cerci abdomini aquilongi ; 

 oviductus abdominis dimidio vix longior ; pedes fulvi, crassi. 



Female. Piceous, tomentose. Head shining, ferruginous in front. 

 Palpi tawny. Prothorax tawny along eacb side. Pectus tawny- Cerci 

 as long as ibe abdomen. Oviduci hardly more tban balf ibe length of the 

 abdomen. Legs lawny, thick ; bind tibiae with five stout spines on each 

 side. Wings uone. Length of the body 11 lines. 



Much more slender than any of the preceding species. 



a. Port Essingtou. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



//. First joint of the hind tarsi smooth. 



m. Head not ridged. 



n. Head not conical in front. 



o. Oviduct \ery narrow. 



Genus 8. GRYLLUS. 



Giyllus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1748. Latr. Gen. Serv. Hist. Orlh. 327. Burm. 

 Handb. Ent. ii. 730. Blanch. Hist. Nat. iii. Fisch. Orlh. Eur. 170. 

 — Acheta, Fair. Syst. Ent. 177o. Leach, Ed. Enc. ix. 119. Zett., 

 Char p., Sleph. 



Europe. 



a. Fore wings and bind wings none or very small. 



L. Body wholly pale, very small. squamiger. 



lb. Body spotted with brown, of moderate size. 



c. Cerci moderately long. - - - - - apterus. 



cc. Cerci very long. - longicauda. 



aa. Fore wings as loug as the abdomen or shorter. Hind wings shorter 

 tban the fore wings or obsolete. 



b. Body pale. 



c. Head pale. pipiens. 



cc. Head brown, with pale spots. - burdigalensis. 



bb. Body brown. 



c. Head not black. ------- arvensis. 



cc. Head black. geminus. 



bbb. Body black. 



c. Head marked with white. frontalis. 



cc. Head without marks. 



d. Fore wings shorter than the abdomen. 



e. Body tomentose. ------- melas. 



ee. Body smooth. cam pest ris. 



dd. Fore wings almost as long as the abdomen. - - tristis. 



aaa. Wings developed. Hind wings longer than the abdomen and than 

 the fore wings. 

 b. Body grayish red. ------- hispanicus. 



bb. Body testaceous. - - - ... domesticus. 



bbb. Body black. - capensis. 



