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CHAPTER V. 



LOCUSTS AND GRASSHOPl'ERS (aCKIDIID/E). 



Fig, 19. — A GrasshoiiiK-i {Trit.xalis J'/ianwiiis). 



The reader will perceive, on referrint^ to the Contents, 

 that the families of the Orthoptera are divided into 

 two sections. He will observe that the Mantidce and 

 Phasmidae, already considered, belong to the Cursoria, 

 or Runners, their hind legs being but little different from 

 the others. We come now to speak of two families 

 pertaining to the Saltatorial group, each remarkable for 

 their saltatory powers, due to the great development of 

 the hind legs, which are more elongate than the others, 



