CI ASS V. INSECTA. 
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the male arc somewhat larger than that of the female, which charac- 
ter Mr. Marsham has considered as specific. 
Genus 200. LABIDURA. Leach. 
■Antenna with about thirty joints. 
■/I 1 - 1 ■ Labid. gigantca. Entirely testaceous yellow. 
J'°rficula gigantea. Fabr. 
"habits Europe. It was discovered to inhabit Britain by the Rev. Wil- 
liam Bingley, who observed them on the sea-coast under stones near 
Christchurch, Hampshire, where they occurred in great abundance. 
Order V. ORTHOPTERA. Leach. 
Crder Orthoptera. Oliv., Lam., Latr. 
Class Ulonata. Fabr. 
Cider IIemiptera. Linne . 
Characters of the Order. 
Elytra coriaceous, the internal margin of one overlapping the same 
Margin of the other : wings membranaceous, the anterior margin co- 
riaceous, longitudinally folded: palpi short: body elongate, narrow: 
tarsi with three or four very rarely with five joints. 
Earn. I. AcnETiDAB. Leach. 
■*11yli,ides. Latrcille. 
Elytra horizontal : wings longitudinally folded, often produced beyond 
the elytra: tarsi three-jointed : hinder feet formed for jumping. 
Stirps 1. Antenna: not longer than the thorax: anterior feet com- 
pressed, formed for digging : oviduct not exserted. 
' Genus 261. GRYLLOTALPA. Ray, Latr., Leach. 
ntenn <e setaceous, composed of a vast number of joints (beyond sixty) : 
anterior tibia and tarsi formed for digging; two first joints of the 
j. torsi very large, dentiform: hinder feet little formed for jumping. 
P I. Gryl. vulgaris. Above fuscous, ferruginous yellowish beneath : 
^anterior tibia quadridentate : wings twice the length of the elytra. 
"Thus Gryllotalpa. Linn. AchetaGryllotalpa. Fabr. Gryllotalpa vul- 
j S ar is. Latr., Leach. 
" '"bits Europe in gardens and cultivated places, especially the sides 
?. ponds and hanks of streams: they burrow and work underground 
Ae the mole, raising a ridge as they proceed, but seldom throw up 
""locks. They sometimes destroy whole beds of cabbages, young 
"-gomes and flowers. At night they come abroad and make Iona 
Excursions. In fine weather, about the middle of April, and at the 
j. ose ot day, they begin to utter a low, dull, jarring note, continued 
*"r a long time without interruption. About the beginning of May 
