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FAMILY VII.—GRYLLID^E.

Pig. 174 .—Gryllus assimilis: a, female; b, male; c, d,fore tibiae,inner and outer views, showing drums of ear;e. and f, drums.or tympana. Enlarged. From “House-hold Insects,” by Div. of Entomology, Dept. Agriculture.

Gryllus dnmesticus Linn.

EUROPEAN HOUSE-CRICKET.

Pale brown, with chestnut-brown markings on the headand thorax. The wing-covers extend to the end of theabdomen, and the hind wings extend considerably beyond.It is illustrated in Fig. 176.

Length, 21 mm., ovipositor, 12 mm.

All crickets are musicians, that is the males. Prof.Comstock writes: “During the latter part of the summerand in the autumn, the air is filled with the cries of thecrickets. With care it is easy to observe these little fiddlerscalling their mates. The common field-crickets lurk in