Plate XLI. fig. 2.
ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Saltatoria. FAMILY: Gryllidæ (Locustaires,
_Latr. &c._)
GENUS. GRYLLUS. Sect. Gryllus (Tettigonia), _Linn._ Locusta, _Latr._
SUBGENUS. Phylloptera, _Serv._
GRYLLUS (PHYLLOPTERUS) MYRTIFOLIUS. Thorace subtetragono, lævi; alis
deflexis elytris longioribus, oviductu brevissimo recurvo. (Expans. tegm.
1 unc. 6 lin. Alar. 2 unc.)
SYN. Gryllus Myrtifolius, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. 696. 18. _Fabr. Ent.
Syst._ 2. _p._ 34. _De Geer Mem. vol._ 2. _pl._ 41. _f._ 2. _Stoll.
Sauter. pl._ a. 5. _fig._ 16. _Serville Revis. Orth. p._ 45.
HABITAT: New York (_Drury_). America (_Fabr. &c._).
Antennæ small and filiform. Head dusky yellow. Thorax and abdomen brown,
but when the insect was living were probably green; the former has a
yellow stripe on each side. Tegmina green, and narrowing towards the
tips. Wings thin, transparent, and of a greenish hue. Legs green; the
hinder ones being very long, with the tibiæ spined.