gryllus

One of this family, ‘M. turbiniforme’, is so colored as to blend in well with the hue of the soil and stones around it; and a ‘gryllus’ of the same color feeds on it.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

Not that this is a locust, only a _gryllus_, happily for us. '

Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Amid their numerous and varied calls could be distinguished the "ll-l-luk" of the tree-toad (_Hyla versicolor_); and from the aquatic plants, that lined the spring close by, came the merry chirrup of the _Hylodes gryllus_, or "Savanna cricket."

The Boy Hunters Mayne Reid 1850

Lipas, the cockroach (blatta); chingkarek, the cricket (gryllus);

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

Dear Sir, -- While many other insects must be sought after in fields, and woods, and waters, the _gryllus domesticus_, or house-cricket, resides altogether within our dwellings, intruding itself upon our notice whether we will or no.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756

This spot abounds with the _gryllus campestris_, or field-cricket; which, though frequent in these parts, is by no means a common insect in many other counties.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756

Thus, while the field-cricket delights in sunny dry banks, and the house-cricket rejoices amidst the glowing heat of the kitchen hearth or oven, the _gryllus gryllo talpa_ (the mole - cricket), haunts moist meadows, and frequents the sides of ponds and banks of streams, performing all its functions in a swampy wet soil.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756