100 INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS. 



Upper Compartment. 



Pseudophyllus from Borneo. Probably the largest 

 known example of the Order, and of an 

 undescribed species. 



Group 228. —Family ACRIDIID^. uxpii, the Grasshopper. 

 Migratory Locusts, Grasshoppers, &c. The ravages for 

 which these insects have long been notorious have not 

 been confined to a single country ; nor have they always 

 been committed by the same kind of locust. Africa 

 seems to have suffered most frequently and severely, but 

 Europe, North and South America, and the East have 

 from time to time been subject to their visitations. 

 Series of British species, presented by B. Cooke. 



Cto^ntktlj Cable €as^. 



The mark ^ indicates specimc'iis or other illiistratioits exhibited in the Cases. 



Group 229.— Families ACHETID^ and BLATTID^. 

 Crickets, Achetida. ^%fT>]j, an utterer of shrill sounds. 



Note the form of the fore-legs, constructed for 

 burrowing, in the Mole-cricket, Gryllotapa 

 vulgaris. 



Cockroaches, Blattidce. The British species are 

 of small size : the common Cockroach which 

 infests houses, Blatta OnentaUs, is supposed 

 to have been introduced from the Levant. 



The Order Euplexoptera= Earwigs, ForficididcB, 

 derives its name from the wonderous manner in which 

 the ample wings are folded and hidden under the tiny 

 wing-sheaths of the insect. 



