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from one plant to another in bushy places frequently 

 attracts the attention of persons otherwise in no way 

 addicted to entomological pursuits. In this part of 

 the country it appears a local insect, but is more 

 abundant in the south. The musical Cicada of the 

 Greeks, and the shrill ones of the Italians, are nearly 

 allied to the above ; but if we except an insect, taken 

 some years ago by Mr. Bydder, in the New Forest, 

 there are no musical species in this country. Some 

 of the American ones, however, have a note ex- 

 tremely loud. Captain Hancock heard them in 

 Brazil to the distance of a mile. " This," as Mr. 

 Kirby accurately observes, " is, as if a man of ordi- 

 nary stature, supposing his powers of voice increased 

 in the ratio of his size, could be heard all over the 

 world." 



