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insect in this country, being principally confined to the south of 

 the island. 



Another European and British species, Decticus verrncivorus, is 

 of about the same length. It receives its name from the custom 

 prevailing among the Swedish peasants of making it bite their 

 warts. This insect, in common with many others of the same 

 family, when at all roughly handled, emits from the mouth a 



Fig. 73.— Truxalis Nasuta. 



brownish fluid, which is said to possess acrid qualities, and the 

 introduction of this into the warts is supposed to cause their 

 disappearance. 



Family 6, Locustidce. — This family, which includes the grass- 

 hoppers and true locusts, is easily distinguished from both the 

 preceding families by the character of the antennae, which are com- 

 paratively short. 



