ORDER ORTHOPTERA. 53 



modern tendency is to revert to the Linnaean system, and retain 

 them among the Orthoptera. 



Fig-. 65. — Phasgonura Viridissima. 



TABULAR VIEW 



OF THE 



PRINCIPAL FAMILIES OF THE ORTHOPTERA. 



Tribe I. — Cursoria. 



Family i . Blatlidse or Cockroaches. 

 ,, 2. Mantidoe or Praying Insects. 

 ,, 3. Phasmidce or Stick and Leaf Insects. 



Tribe II.— Saltatoria. 



Family 4. Achetidse or Crickets. 

 ,, 5, Gryllidse or False Locusts. 

 5, 6. Locustidae or True Locusts and Grasshoppers. 



Trii^f, III.— Euplexoptera. 

 Family 7. Forficulidce or Earwigs. 



