HEXAPODA : OKTHOPTERA CKICKETS, ETC. 



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The Crickets or Gryllidse, have an oblong flattened 

 FIG. 450. body, long stylets at the hind extremity 



of the body, and the females are pro- 

 vided with a very long ovipositor for 

 introducing their eggs into the ground ; 

 and the males have the membranes and 

 nervures at the base of the wings so 

 specialized that, by the rubbing of the 

 \ wings upon each other, they can pro- 

 white climbing-cricket, duce a sound known as a chirrup. 



The Locusts or Locustidae, are grass- 



FlG. 451. 



FIG. 452. 



Mole Cricket, Gryllotalpa borealis, 

 Burmeister. 



Katydid, Cyrtophyllus concavus, Scudder, 



hopper-like, and have very long antennae and four-jointed 

 tarsi, and the females have a long ovipositor. 



