THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH 



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locusts, mole-crickets, katydids, cockroaches, walking- 

 sticks or spectres, and mantis or soothsayers." 



"Why are these insects called Orthoptera ?" asked 

 Abby. 



FIG. 97.~WHITE CRICKETS, MALE AND FEMALE, FROM NATURE. 

 REDUCED ONE-THIRD. 



"The word is composed of two Greek words— ort/ws, 

 straight, and pteron, a wing. The Doctor is quite 

 familiar with the first of these in the theological com- 



