I4fl ORDEK ORTMOPTKRA 



Maniiila*. 



Tiii« (kinily, which succtynls the cl-rsoru or runnert in tlio natural arrangrnicnl, coosistii 

 of iu*«*ft"t twhulcally called RArroRU or ifnupcrt. The larger and niore rrmarknblc species, 

 of whirh the Manlit is one. are not found in Neu-Yorlc or New-Kngland, bui ^umller kinds 

 «re«H-casionally met with. IMate vii, Qg. I, exhihitn tlie structure of an in«<cl .similar ti>the 

 mnntit, wiiirh tak*-?* it.s prey by ((ra.<ii>ini; <>r M-izing it witii its ron-l«t;s. lis habils, u<f>, are 

 nmrli like tho-sc «.f the nianli<) : it remains motionless upon a twie or limb of a bu>h, in a 

 sittinR |M>sture with its front parts elevateil, until a d«-j>irable object comes wiihin its reach. 

 The family are all carnivorous, and hence aid in diminishing the number of vegetable 

 feeiler!. 



Phasiiiidiw 



The insects of this family [.Imhulatoria, the walkers) are distinguished by the undevtlopcd 

 stale of the win^s, or by their total aloenre. (Jne or two of these remarkable animals are 

 found in N"ew-Enj;Iand and New-Y(jrk : they ore commonly called ira/Atn ji/iVA*, and the 

 most common s{KTies is the 



SpECTRiM rr-MORATi-M (Say). ( Plate vii, figs. 1. 2.) 



Apterous : intermediate thighs dilated, and furnished with a spine near the tip ; posterior 

 also spinous. 



The color of the male is greenish with n mi.xture of brown, ^especially on the forelegs 

 and the tibia and tarsi of the others : uNiomen equalling the Ivxly. ami furnished with 

 nine s<'gments, terminated with two curved appendages. Female brownish, thick, with the 

 trunk and aUlonien nearly twice their size in the male : legs greenish, but less s«j than in 

 the male ; the thishs less dilated. 



This sjiecies Is rather common, in the months of August and September, in the vicinity 

 of AUwiny and in Western Massachusetts. 



S a 1 ( a t r f s. 



This section {Sailaloria, the jumpers) is represcnteii by the common cricket, and embraces 

 those insects whose tarsi are thrce-jointe<l, antenna? setaccou.s, head large, with a convex 

 cn>wn, and inserted deeply into the thorax ; with ovate eyes, and two or three ocelli. The 

 thorax is truncatetl in front ; elytra horizontal ; body elongate ; w ings folded longitudinal- 

 ly ; alxlumvu cylindric ; legs stuut and short ; torsi without foot-cushioiu between the 

 clawK 



