. The popular natural history . Zoology. MOLE CRICKET.—{Gryllotalpa vulgaris.) where it is known by sundry popular titles, Croaker being the name most in vogue near Oxford, where it is found in toleracle plenty. 'I he colour of the Mole Cricket is brown of different tints, darker upon the thorax than on the wing-coverts, botn of which organs are covered with a very fine and short down. As might be surmised from the extraordinary muscular power of the fore- legs, the Mole Cricket can burrow with great rapidity. The excavation is of a rather complicated form, consisting of a moder-itely large ch
. The popular natural history . Zoology. MOLE CRICKET.—{Gryllotalpa vulgaris.) where it is known by sundry popular titles, Croaker being the name most in vogue near Oxford, where it is found in toleracle plenty. 'I he colour of the Mole Cricket is brown of different tints, darker upon the thorax than on the wing-coverts, botn of which organs are covered with a very fine and short down. As might be surmised from the extraordinary muscular power of the fore- legs, the Mole Cricket can burrow with great rapidity. The excavation is of a rather complicated form, consisting of a moder-itely large chamber with neatly smoothed walls, and m ny winding passages communicating with this central apartment. In chamber are placed from one to four hundred. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. New York, Burt Co
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