0) UL Aspe ere: 
The larva, and pupa, of moft {pecies of the Gryllus genus, fearcely | 
differ in appearance from the perfect infect, except that in the two 
firft ftates they are apterous, or without wings, and either leap or 
walk; but in the lat flate they are furnifhed with four membranaceous 
WINgS. ‘ 
The fubject of our prefent defcription is not an unfrequent fpecies 
near’ London 3 it is taken in the perfect ftate in the month of Augutt. 
LOCUSTA VARIA. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne very long. Thorax greén, with a longitudinal line of 
ellow. Anterior wings membranaceous, green. Pofterior wings . 
very delicate pale green. Body pale green, with the three laft joints 
_ pale black. a a. 
Sy/t. Ent. 287. 24. “ ait 
Locufta thalaffina, &c. Degeer. Inf. 3. 433-3. 
Goed. Inf. 2. 142. Tab. 40. 
Frifch. Inf. 12. Tab. 2. Fig. 4. 
Sulz. Hift. Inf. Tab. 8. Figs ge 
Locufta Varia, Fab. Spec. Inf. 1. 360. 25. 
It is very plenty in the month of Augutt, is concealed among the 
foliage of the lower branches of the oak in the day-time, and is not 
often obferved to fly except when the morning dew is on the herbage, 
or evening approaches. Leaps, if difturbed. 
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