96 NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS. 



Modern Classification of Insects," differ from me, and call 

 the first family Locustidce, and the second Grillidce, probably 

 in order to harmonize with the English translations of the 

 Bible. 



According to my classification, an illustration of the 

 Grillidae is seen in the Carolina Grasshopper {Gryllus Car- 

 olina, Fig. 22), and of the Locustidse in the Katydid {Pla- 

 tophyllum concavum, Harris, Figs. 23 and 24). 



The Grasshoppers embrace a numerous variety of differ- 

 ent genera and species, all of which may be seen in their 

 perfect condition at the beginning of autumn. At the same 

 season, also, the females deposit their eggs, from fifty to 

 one hundred each, some in holes in the ground, others fas- 

 ten them with a glutinous substance upon different kinds of 

 leaves. From these eggs proceed, in the following spring, 

 the young Grasshoppers, which exactly resemble the per- 

 fect insect, except in being destitute of wings; and these 

 are not developed until toward the end of summer, when 

 they commence their ravages among the various kinds of 

 grasses and herbs. On account of their injury to vegeta- 

 tion in many countries, premiums are paid by the public 

 authorities for their collection and destruction. For in- 

 stance, in the year 1825 the city of Marseilles, in France, 

 paid 6200 francs for collecting and destroying these nox- 

 ious insects. But again, in many countries they form an 

 article of diet, and the inhabitants of some parts of Asia 

 and Africa use them as food, cooking them by frying them 

 in sweet oil, or by drying and then pulverizing them, after 

 which they are made into bread. 



All the Grasshoppers, when taken, try to bite, and in so 

 doing they discharge a brown juice from their mouth, which 

 act probably gave rise to the idea that they were ruminant 

 animals, like our cloven-hoofed beasts, who have more than 

 one stomach. In some parts of France, Germany, Italy, 

 and Hungary, these insects are used as a remedy for warts. 



