ACHETA (SCHIZODACTYLA) MONSTROSA.
Plate [XLIII]. fig. 1.
Order: Orthoptera. Section: Saltatoria. Family: Achetidæ.
Genus. Acheta, Fabr. Gryllus, Latr. Subgenus: Schizodactylus, Brullé.
Acheta (Schizodactyla) Monstrosa. Elytris alisque caudatis convolutis, corpore luteo-fusco punctis nigris. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
Syn. Gryllus monstrosus, Drury, App. vol. 2. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. 29. 2. (Acheta m.)
Schizodactylus monstrosus, Aud. & Brullé Hist. Nat. Ins. tom. ix. s. g. 24. Donovan Ins. India, pl. 12. fig. 3.
Habitat: India (Fabricius).
Antennæ considerably longer than the body, filiform. Mouth furnished with strong jaws, and four palpi; two of which are very long. General colour dusky olive brown. Wings and tegmina extending as far beyond the body as its own length, and curling in a most singular manner, being very curiously folded together. Body with two short tails placed at its extremity. Legs longer than usual with insects of this kind; each of the thighs being furnished with spines, and also the tips of the tibiæ. Tarsi four-pointed, besides the claws; those of the fore and middle legs having on each side two small appendages like flaps. Hinder tarsi furnished on each side with five of these flaps, some of which appear moveable, others fixed, as represented in the plate.