CATALOGUE OF 



h. Size moderate. ------- africana. 



hh. Size large. grandis. 



gg. Prothorax narrow. ------ coarctata. 



t'f. Fore femora sinuated. 



a. Sides of the fore wings not varied with gray. 



h. Prothorax narrow. hexadactyla. 



hh. Prothorax moderately broad. - - - longipennis, Scudder. 

 gg. Sides of the fore wings varied with gray. - - - chiliensis. 

 ee. Body shining above. ------ nitidula. 



bb. Fore wings extending lo the sixth segment of the abdomen. 

 c. Body not blackish. ... - longipennis, Haan. 



cc. Body blackish. ornala. 



an. Fore tibia? with two teeth. 



b. Claws of the hind tarsi longer than the third joint. 



c. Claws unequal. oxydactyla. 



cc. Claws equal. ..----- mexicana. 



bb. Claws of the hind tarsi shorter than the third joint. 



c. Hind wings longer than the body. - - - - didactyla. 

 cc. Hind wings shorter than the body. - parvipennis. 



1. Gryllotalpa vulgaris. 

 Geoffr. Ins. Par. i. 387, pi. 8, f. 1. Frisch. Ins. ii. pi. 5. Seba, 



Mus. iv. pi. 89, f. 3, 4.— Gryllus Gryllotalpa, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 

 693. Oliv. Enc. Meth. vi. 633, pi. 128, f. 3— 14.— Roes. Ins. Bel. ii. ; 

 Gryl. 89, pi. 14, 15. Deg. Ins. iii. 336, 2. Berk. Syn. i. 111. Don. 

 Brit. Ins. v. pi. 147. Steiv. Elem. ii. 93. Tint. Syst. Nat. ii. 544. 

 Shaw, Gen. Zool. vi. 140. Bingley, Anim. Bioy. iii. 159. Wood, 

 III. i. 91, pi. 33. Rats. Forst. Ins. iii. 269.— Acbeta Gryllotalpa, 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 2S. Stoll, Saut. el Grill, pi. 2, f. 6—7. Panz. 

 Faun. Ins. Germ. 88, pi. 5. Kirby and Spence, Intr. Ent. i. pi. 2, f. 3. 

 — Gryllotalpa vulgaris, Latr. Hist. Nat. Cr. Ins. xii. 122, pi. 94, f. 

 4; Gen. iii. 95. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Mans. vi. Zett. Orth. Suec. 

 51. Doy, Alias, Regn. An. Cuv. pi. 81, f. 1. Charp. Hor. Ent. 83. 

 Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 34. Serv. Hist. Orth. 306. Burm. Handb. 

 Ent. ii. 738. Fisch. Orth. Eur. 157, pi. 9, f. 1. 



a — h. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



i. England. Presented by A. A. White, Esq. 



j, k. England. 



/. Montpellicr. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



m — o. France. 



p. Tangier. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



q,r. Tunis. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



f. Egypt. Presented by Sir G. Wilkinson. 



t, u. Bagdad. Presented by W. R. Loftus, Esq. 



v. Syria. From Mr. Lowne's collection. 



v>. ? 



2. Gryllotalpa borealis. 



Gryllotalpa americana, Say, MSS., Harris, Cat. Ins. Mass. 56. — borealis, 

 Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 740. Scudder, Journ. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 



