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F amily .
G e n u s .
C n . Si>.
S y n .
GRYLLOTALPA C H IN E N S IS .
P la te 12. % . 2.
A c h e t id a i . (G ry llu s Aclie ta , Linyi.)
G r y l l o t a l p a , L a tr e ille .
G . lu teo fulvescens, tibiis anticis 4 -d en ta tis . Long. C orp. 1 unc.
G . o f a fu lvous-c lay colour, ante rior tibiee with four te e th . Length 1 inch.
G. C hinensis, W e stw .
Gryllus G ry llo ta lp a , Do n o va n , I s i edition.
lie genus o f Mole-crickets, Gryllotalpa, comprises several distinct, altliougli very
closely allied species, the inhabitants o f various countries, differing especiallv in
tlie number o f teeth o f the anterior tibiae and the neuration o f the tegmina. Donovan
regarded them as varieties only, observing that the species here figured “ differs in no
respect from the European species except in size and colour,” the English mole-cricket
“ being twice as large and o f more o f a mouse colour."
LO CU STA (PH YM A T E A ) MORBILLOSA.
P la te 13.
F a .m il y . L o c u s t id « .
G e n u s . L ocu sta .
S u b -G e k . P iiYM iT EA , W e s tw . P h ym a te u s , Th u n b e rg , S e r v ille .
O n . S r . L. tlio ra c e q u a d r a to , ru b ro , ve rru co so ; e lytris fuscis, Bavido p u u e ta tis ; alis rufis
nigro p u u e ta tis . E x p a u s . a la r. 4j. u nc .
L. with th e th o rax squa rish, re d , w a rty ; e ly tra b luish-brown, w ith pa le yellow spots ■
wmgs red, with b la ck spots. E x p a n s e o f th e wings 4y inches.
Gryllus morblllosus, L in n . S y s t . N a t . 2. 700. (e C ap . B on Sp e i). F a b r ic iu s E n t.
S y s t. 2 . p . 5 0 . S e r v ille R e v is . O r th o p t. p . SB. (P h ym a te u s in,)
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Donovan states that “ the Gryllus morbillosus appears in the early edition o f the
h^yste?na ^ a iu ra ; and the works o f Roesel as an Indian species, and that Mr Drury
assured him he had received it several times from China. Another sort is also found at
the Cape o f Good Hope, which is rather larger and deeper in colour than the Chinese
variety.
If this be correct, it will, I apprehend, be necessary to consider these two so rts as