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TAB. LXXIII. 



GRYLLUS viridulus. 

 Green Grasshopper. 



Class 5. Insecta. Order 2. Orthoptera. 



Gen. Char. Feelers short, Antennce short, com- 

 presso-filiform, obtuse. No Scutellum. Elytra 

 linear. Posterior thighs formed for leaping. 

 Oviduct none, or hidden. 



Spec. Char. Thorax cruciate. Body brown, green 

 above. Inner margin of the elytra green. Belly 

 yellowish. 



Syn. Linn. Syst. Nat. 702. 54. Faun. Suec. 874. 

 Fab. Ent. Syst. em, ii. 61. 59. 

 Acrydium viridulum. Degeer, iii. 480. 7. 

 Length of the body 1 1 lines. 



1 HIS species is not very uncommon on sunny banks in the 

 autumn. Our specimen was furnished by the Rev. W, 

 Kirby. 



The body is brown. The top of the head green, with a 

 longitudinal fulvous line. The back of the trunk, or 

 thorax, is green, and tricarinate, or distinguished by three 

 elevated lines, the lateral ones curved and white, the in- 

 termediate one rectilinear and fulvous. The thorax has also 

 on each side behind a black line or spot, through which 

 the lateral ridges run. The inner margin of the elytra is 

 green, the exterior white with red veins. The thighs in the 

 recent insect are green, but they fade to a brown. 



