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AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY 



A similar study was made of the wings of Conocephalus, as an 

 example of the Tettigoniidse, Figure 98 represents the wings of a 



male nymph; 

 and Figure 99 

 the fore wing 

 of an adult. 

 The most 

 striking fea- 

 ture and one 

 characteris- 

 tic of the fam- 

 ily, is that the 

 musical organ 

 occupies an 

 area near the 

 base of the 

 wing which is 

 small corn- 



Fig. 97. — Fore wing of an adult male of CEcanthus;f, vein 

 bearing the file; s, scraper; t, t, tympana. 



pared with the area occupied by the musical organs of the Gryllidffi. 

 But here, as in the Gryllidse, the file is borne by the basal part of CU2, 



Pig. 98. — Wings of a male nymph of Conocephalus, (From Comstock and 

 Needham). 



the tympana are formed between the branches of cubitus, and the 

 scraper is formed at the outer end of the anal area. 



