GRYLLUS

(Lat.),n.m. Grijl(gnil)'lus(lus). Gr.,ypv'AAos. Fr., grill on. Ger., Grabheuschrecke. The typical genus of the Gryllidce (the Grylliformes of Dumeril), which are a family of salt at or i an Orthoptera including the burrowing gra hoppers and crickets. [L, 180 (a, 21); L, 353 (a, 27).] G. vermicivorus. Fr., sauterelle tachette. A green species, about an inch and a half long, having brown or blackish spots upon the wing-covers. It is said that Swedish peasants allow these insects to bite the warts on their hands and that the black liquid that they disgorge into the wound causes the warts to dry up and disappear. [L, 28 (o, 21).] [s. 246]