ORDER ORTHOPTERA. 



Order III. Orthoptera* (Z 



. ). 



qo means do all the mem f this group, ae the 



oame of the order would imply, have straighl fore w\ 

 but in the locusts and grasshoppers they are generally 

 nanow, Btraight, and thicker than the hinder pair, 

 ing as wring-covers to protect the hinder, thinner ones. 

 The antennas may be very long, while the pronotum is 

 almost invariably broad and large, flattened or compres 

 and moving freely on thi f the thorax, which is cov- 



ered bj the wings when folded. The hind wings are much 

 larger than the front ones, and have numerous longitudinal 

 and cross veins, while the ovipositor, when present, varies 

 much in Bhape and size; and the number of tarsal joints 

 van m two to five. 



Pig, ! 1 illustrates the incomplete metamorphosis of the 



common red-legged locust; it represents the freshly-hatched 



larva, which moults once before its wings begin to hud 



. as at ■">'.: ilii- stage (3b) maj be called the first pupal 



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i. lour Bost. 8 c , vii., 186S 

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< oil., viii W ashington, 18 

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Salem, 181 

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vol.. 8vo. Paris, 1889 (In French. 

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