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CHAPTER VIII. 



ORDER III. ORTHOPTERA. 



ORTHOPTERA is the last Order of biting insects in which 

 the hind wings are protected by any kind of wing-case ; 

 and the parchment-like and closely-veined tegmina, as 

 these are called, seem to form a step between the horny 

 elytra of the Beetle and Earwigs, and the clear and much- 

 veined wings of insects in the succeeding Orders. They 

 differ also in position, the wing-cases in Orthoptera over- 

 lapping each other when at rest, while the elytra of Ear- 

 wigs and Beetles (with a few exceptions) meet in a 

 straight line down the back. 



The curious Leaf insects, and Walking-sticks, and the 

 Praying Mantis, are members of the order which have 

 no representatives in this country ; and indeed the 

 orthopterous insects known in England are but few, con- 

 sisting only of the Cockroaches (the " Blackbeetles" of 

 the kitchen), Crickets, Grasshoppers, and Locusts. 



In this order (as in the preceding) both larva and 



