The common Mole Cricket. Gryllotalpa vulgaris. 



CHAPTER VI. 



OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF ORTHOPTERA, HEMIPTERA, 

 NEUROPTERA, &C. 



ORTHOPTERA. The metamorphosis of Orthoptera is iso- 

 morphous. Larva resembling the imago in structure, ap- 

 pearance, mode of feeding, &c., wings only being wanted. 

 Pupa, or quiescent state, none. Imago with the parts of 

 the mouth fully developed ; labrum large and quadrate ; 

 mandibles strong, bony, masticatory, and moving horizon- 

 tally ; maxillae with feelers, and a distinct, palpiform ga- 

 lea; fore wings coriaceous, little used in flight ; hind wings 

 longitudinally folded ; flight weak and badly sustained. 



Earwigs or Forficulites. The antennas are many-jointed, 

 moniliform, and decrease in size to the extremity ; the fore 



