256 SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT. 



well known that in most of the countries where the; 

 occur they are more or less used as food, and this prac 

 tice was probably even more common in ancient time 

 than at present. The mode of preparing them varies ii 

 different places. The Bedouins of Egypt roast then 

 alive upon the coals ; in addition to this the Arab 

 steep them in butter. The inhabitants of Morocc 

 dry them on the roofs and terraces of their houses 

 and eat them either smoked or broiled, and esteen 

 them so highly that the price of provision falls whei 

 the locusts visit the neighbourhood. The Hottentots 

 as well as many Arabian tribes, dry them, and 

 them into a kind of flour of which they make breac 

 In consequence of their being used for these purposes 

 the markets and shops in many places are supplie 

 with them, and they are sold at a low rate. The 

 are also used by the Hottentots to feed fowls, whic 1 

 eat them with avidity. The Calmucks feed sheep 

 antelopes, and other animals with them ; and whe 

 swarms are drowned in the Volga and cast on shore 

 hogs eat them eagerly and become unusually fat o 

 the diet. 



LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA. 

 PLATE XV. Fig. 1. 



Gryllus Migratorius Linn. Fabr Roesefs Insects^ ii. Gryll. 

 xxiv De Geer, iii. p. 466, PI. 23. /. 1. 



THIS species occasionally attains the length of tw 

 inches and a half ; the thorax is slightly ridged, an 

 faintly marked with a transverse line, the colour 

 greenish or dull-red, with a longitudinal black spot 

 on each side ; tegmina brown, with darker spots ; 





