INSECT WITH A LEG IN ITS TAIL. 397 



when they spring up they do so by quickly un- 

 bending this fork, the resistance it meets with 

 being sufficient to carry it to a certain distance. 

 Another insect is provided with eight pair of 

 springs in its abdomen ; by means of which it can 

 leap to a great distance with most astonishing 

 agility. Here we shall conclude the external 

 anatomy of the insect, in the imago state. 



