41® GRYLLirS. 



Genus IV. — Gtyllus, 



i HIS deftruclive genus c®mprehends all the differenl 



kinds of locals, and is divided bj Lhincetis into fiv^ 



tribes, containing fixfy-one different kinds of animals. 



Their general charaflers are, a head infledled, armed with- 



jaws, and furniihed with palpi; the antennae in forne 



fpecies are fetaceous ; in others filiform : the wings are 



wrapped round the fides of the body ; the under one 



folded, and concealed under the elytra. A41 the feet are 



armed with two nails ; the hind pair formed for leaping. 



The tribe of achetae, which comprehends in it all the 



clifFerent fpecies of crickets, is diiiinguifiied by the 



bnftles which fprmg from the extremity of the abdomen, 



and by the three articulations of which their tarfi are 



compofed. This family have obtained their EngliJJj name 



from the continual tirefome noifis which they produce. 



The doraeftic achetae ufually take up tueir abode in 



ovens, and in the holes of walls around kitchen chim- 



neys, where they are attr&d:ed by the heat, and are very 



noify companions to the countiy people, who, from fome 



prejudice in their favour, feldom widi to deftroy them. 



The field cricket remains, during the day, pent up in 

 fome fubierraneous habitation, from whence it iifues 

 forth about funfet ; when, in countries where thefe ani* 

 iTials abound, the whole fields ring with their noife. 



The rnole cricket is by far the mofi. hideous and extra- 

 ordinary infcft belonging to this tribe. It has obtained 



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