CATALOGUE 



OF 



G R Y L L I D 



Order DERMAPTERA. 

 Sect. 2. SALTATORIA. 



Saltatoria, Latr. Serv. Hist. Orth. 293. 



a. Fore wings horizontal in repose. - - GRVLLID.E. 

 aa. Fore wings deflexed in repose. 



b. Antennae long, setaceous. Tarsi 4-jointed. - ACEIDID^B. 

 bb. Antennas filiform, generally rather short. Tarsi 3-jointed. LOCUSTID.E. 



Fam. 1. GRYLLID./E. 



Gryllides, Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. 1807. Gryllina, Macleay. Achetida?, 

 Leach, Steph. Gryllodea, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 725. Achetina, 

 Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. 1835. Gryllides et Hypsallomeni, Serv. Hist. 

 Orth. 319, 358. 



a. Fore legs fossorial. 



b. Hind tarsi of the usual form. 



c. Tarsi 3-jointed. 



Genus 1. GRYLLOTALPA. 



Gryllotalpa, Ray, Leach, Latr., Steph., Serv., Burm., Fisch. Gryllus, 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 693. Acheta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 28. 



a. Fore tibiae with four teeth. 



b. Fore wings not extending heyond the fourth segment of the ab- 



domen. 



c. Fore border of the hind femora sinuated. vulgaris. 

 cc. Fore border of the fore femora not sinuated. 



d. Hind wings extremely small, shorter than the fore wings, hirsuta. 

 dd. Hind wings narrow, shorter than the abdomen. borealis ; cophta. 



ddd. Hind wings as long as the abdomen. minuta. 



dddd. Hind wings longer than the abdomen. 



e. Body dull above. 



/. Fore femora not sinuated. 

 (j. Prothorax moderately broad. 



