X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XL— NATURAL HISTORY OP THE 

 CRICKETS. 



History of the House-cricket, its Habits, Popular Preju- 

 dices, its Noise— History of the Field-cricket, difficult to 

 catch, its Habits, its Sound — A singular Species — His- 

 tory of the Mole-cricket, its Forelegs, its Chamber for its 

 Eggs, its Metamorphoses, Mode of attacking its Enemies, 

 its Noise, Manner of Flight, supposed to be Luminous, 16/ 



CHAPTER XII.— NATURAL HISTORY OF THE LO 

 OUST, &ic. 



The Idea entertained by the Ancients, by the Arabs — The 

 supposed Meaning of the Letters on their Wings, &c. — 

 Their Food — Ravages — The Description given by Joel — 

 The Beneficial Results from the Locusts, used as Food — 

 Niebuhr's Account — Their Ravages in Barbary, in Tran- 

 sylvania, in Spain — Size of the largest Species — Ravages 

 in Mahratta and in Africa — The Wart-eating Locust — 

 Prickly Grasshopper — On the Metamorphoses of this kind 

 of Insects, 163 



CHAPTER XHL— NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CI- 

 CADA. 



Organs of Sound — History of the North American Species 

 — Its Habits — Its Metamorphosis — Probably two Varie- 

 ties — Eaten by Animals — Its Ovipositor — Manner of Lay- 

 ing its Eggs — Period of Life — Used in Making Soap — ■ 

 History of the Cuckoo Spit — Its Metamorphosis — Its 

 Habits — History of the Cicada Goudoti — Its Envelope- 

 ment in the Sap of Plants — How discharged like Rain — 

 Quantity — Whether any Pernicious Qualities — History 

 of the Cicada Limbata — Its Wax, &c., 190 



CHAPTER XIV.— NATURAL HISTORY OF THE 

 EPHEMERA OR MAYFLY. 



An Account of the Larva and Pupa — Their Differences — 

 The Formation of their Fins or Breathing Apparatus — 

 The Larva of another kind of Ephemera — Their Habita- 

 tions — Habits of the Perfect Insect — Manner of changing 

 its Skin— Of laying their Eggs, &c 202 



