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P L A T E LXXIX.

GRYLLUS biguttulus,

Hemiptera .

Shells, or upper wings, femi-crustaceous, not divided by a straightu ure > but incumbent on each other. Beak curved downward,

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Head maxillous, and with palpi. Antennae filiform, or taper.i n gs folded. Hind legs strong for leaping.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Head and thorax dark. brown, marked with lines of white. WingsP a e brown edged with yellow, and several whitish marks near their

Extremity. Body beneath, and legs, red-brown.

Linn. Syji, Nat. 2. 702. 55.— Fn. Sv. 875.

Acri Diijm Biguttulum, &c. Degeer, Inf. 3. 479. 6.

^yllus Biguttulus. Scbaeff. Icon. Tab. 190. Fig. l. r>—>

Fab. Spec. Inf. 1. 370. 45.

though few insects require more elucidation to be well understoodan tilose of the Qryllus genus, no part of the science has been lessj'egarded even by systematic writers, who certainly appear to have£en interested to obtain a satisfactory knowledge of them: thePtefent species is continued by Fabricius , in his Species Inse£iorum ,u «der the Linn a an genus, and specific name Gryllus Biguttulus.

All of the Grylli are very liable to variations in colour, and parti-

ar y after deattt ; green changes to brown of various hues, the light

0 0urs become dark, and the dark colours fade, so that no just idea

^ the true appearance can be formed except from the living insects.

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