104 ORDER U. Gryllus. 



Geoffroy has formed from fome of thefe fe&ions 

 as many different genera. 



To the Acheia of our author he attributes the 

 generical name of Gryllus^ adding to the Linnsean 

 cnaraclers, that they have three fcemmata, and 

 that the tarfi are compofed of three articulations. 



To the hocufta he has given that of Acrydium 9 

 adding, that the antennas are one half morter than 

 the abdomen, that they have three (lemmata, 

 and three joints to the tarfi, as in the laft men- 

 tioned genus. And 



To the TetigonU, that of Locufia, thefe, ac- 

 cording to him have filiform antennae longer than 

 the abdomen, and differ from the two preceed- 

 ing genera in the formation of their tarfi, which 

 have four articulations. "Schaeffer has followed 

 him in this difpofition of the Linnsan Grylli, 

 each having firft arranged them in different or- 

 ders, according to their own fyftem. He ob- 

 ferves, that the upper wings of each genus are 

 lefs tranfparent, but of a ftronger fubftance than 

 the under ones. ; 



The larvae, or caterpillars of the Grylli, very 

 much refemble the perfect infects, and, in ge- 

 neral, live under ground. The Chryfalids very 

 3 much 



