ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



GRYLLOTALPA. Ray. Leach. Sam. 

 Family ACHETIDJE. Leach. 



Generic Character. Antennce setaceous, com- 

 posed of a vast number of joints (beyond sixty) : 

 anterior tibicB and tarsi formed for digging, two first 

 joints of the tarsi very large, dentiform : hinder feet 

 slightly formed for leaping. 



Sp. 1. Gry. vulgaris. Above fuscous ferruginous, 

 yellowish beneath : anterior tibia quadridentate : 

 wings twice the length of the elytra. 



Gryllus Gryllotalpa. Linne. Acheta Gryllotalpa. 

 Fabr. Gryllotalpa vulgaris. Latreille. Leach. Sam. 

 Kirby. Curtis. Stephens. 



Length of body 1 inch 9 lines, expansion of wings, 

 3 inches. 



Mole cricket. 



This interesting animal is a complete representa- 

 tive of the mole, among the insect race, and in its 

 fore feet bears a great resemblance to that animal. 

 They are used for precisely the same purpose of bur- 

 rowing under the surface of the ground, where the 

 insect usually resides ; and so expertly does it use 

 them, that it can penetrate the earth with even 

 greater expedition than the mole. 



The female forms a cell of clammy earth, about 

 the size of a hen's egg, closed up on every side, and 

 within as large as two hazel nuts. The eggs, amount- 

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