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GG. Abdomen yellowish beneath, esperinlly at base; exposed portion 
above (in short-winged feniak's) nxjttli'd with yellowish, usually 
the pronotum also. Tegniina of female with pale transvcr.so 
markings on cross-veins of dorsal fielil and a longitudinal pale 
streak along its outer margin; tegmina of male usually somewhat 
varied in tint and witli pale line at outer margin of dorsal field. 
Often long-winged Cuban Cricket, A', cuhensis, p. 397. 
CC. Hind tibiae with the ventral pair of apical spurs of equal length. 
Size medium. Ovipositor short, up-curved. 
Carolina Cricket, N. carolinus, p. 400. 
Common Field-cricket. 
Gryllus assimilis (Fabricius). 
Fig. 64. 
Acheta assimilis Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 280 (1775). 
Gryllus ahhreviatus Smith, Rept. Ct. Bd. Agric. for 1872, p. 354 (1873). — 
Fernald, Orth. N. E,, p. 15 (1888).— Scudder, Psyche, vol. 9, p. 104 
(1900).— Walden, Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Ct., no. 16, p. 154 (1911). 
Gryllus luctuosus Smith, Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, p. 144 (1S68); 
Rept. Ct. Bd. Agric. for 1872, p. 354 (1873).— Ferxald, Orth. N. E., p. 
15 (1888).— Scudder, Psyche, vol. 9, p. 104 (1900). 
Gryllus negledus Smith, Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, p. 144 (1868). 
—Scudder, Psyche, vol. 9, p. 104 (1900). 
Gryllus pennsylvanicus Scudder, P.syche, vol. 9, p. 104 (1900). — Walden, 
Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Ct., no. 16, p. 154 (1911). 
Gryllus assimilis Hebard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., May 1915, p. 295. 
Color: black, shining, usually with at least the inner side of 
the base of the hind femora yellowish brown ; tegmina often pale 
brown and the larger part of the legs j'ellowish brown, more or 
less suffused with blackish. 
Measurements. 
Body Pronotum Tegmina Wings pass tegmina (macrop.) 
Wide Long 
Male.... 13-21.5 4-5.6 2.5-4 7-11 4-7 
Female.. 12-21.5 4.5-6 2.5-3.5 5-12.5 6-9 
Hind femora .\ntenna Ovipositor 
Male 8 -12.5 18-32 
Female 8.5-13.5 12-32 9-22 mm. 
These measurements are based on about 400 New England 
examples, of which 27 are long- winged. 
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