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Grasshoppers, Crickets 

 and Katydids. — These are 

 known to all, Fig. lo. 

 There are two families of 



— . grasshoppers ; those with 

 long horns or antennae and 

 those with short antennae. 

 Katydids, crickets, cock- 

 roaches and walking-sticks 

 are near relatives to the 



b grasshoppers. 



Fig. 10. a, Cricket, b. Grasshopper. 



Bugs. — These insects have the front 

 pair of wings thick and heavy at the 

 base and thin and transparent at the 

 tips, Fig. II, b. The squash bug, the 

 chinch bug, and the electric light bug 

 are examples of these. Some bugs^ 

 have the front wings entirely thin and 

 transparent and sloping like a steep 



roofoverthe 



back of the Fig. n. a. Cicada, b, Stink- 



insert like ^"^- '^ ^J''f-^'°PP'''- d, Leaf- 

 insect iiKC hopper— front view. 



the cicada, 



Fig. 1 1, <^; and the Brownie bug, Fig, 



\\, c, d. 



Beetles. — These have hard wing- 

 covers which meet in a straight line 

 down the back and have a pair of thin 

 wings folded under them. Fig. 12. The 

 "'^W'J^^f «7'*?tr£^; " June bug " or " May beetle " and the 

 carver, a, Snapping beetle, potato beetle are good examples of 

 b. Wood-boring beetle. . , 



c. Water beetle. 



beetles. 



