156 TRUE TALES OF THE INSECTS. 



Cave Dwellers. 



There are other species particularly interesting for 

 their strano-e habit of dwellinsf in caves. Whether found 

 in the celebrated Mammoth and other caves of Kentucky, 

 in New Zealand, or in Europe, they have a great general 

 resemblance. Look at the enormously long antennae and 

 legs of Dolichopoda palpata, and its complete absence of 

 wings (see Fig. 25). 



Many of the largest and most singular forms of 

 Locustidse are distinguished for their constantly apterous 

 condition, and these often have an unprepossessing 

 aspect. The curious genus Anostostoma, with large 

 head, and immensely developed mouth, armed with 

 gigantic mandibles, certainly does not fall behind the 

 rest in this respect. 



Of the Ctirioiis Gcmis Dcinacrida. 



Allied to it are the interesting Wetas, a group 

 inhabiting New Zealand. Dcinacrida heteracantlia, the 

 great forest Weta, the " Weta-punga " of the New 

 Zealand natives, is a remarkable insect. Formerly it 

 was very abundant in the woods north of Auckland, 

 but of late years has become extremely rare, the Maoris 



