96 NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS. 
Modern Classification of Insects,” differ from me, and call 
the first family Locustide, and the second Grillide, probably 
in order to harmonize with the English translations of the 
Bible. 
According to my classification, an illustration of the 
Grillide is seen in the Carolina Grasshopper (Gryllus Car- 
olina, Fig. 22), and of the Locustide 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, 
