566 Insects. 



not constructed as clampers, but ihe body is very flat and 

 leaf-like,and the wing-cases are veined so as to look exactly 

 like a leaf; indeed, if seen adhering motionless to the 

 branch of a tree, it would certainly be mistaken for a leaf. 

 They are found in the East Indies. It is curious that while 

 these creatures present such a deceptive resemblance to 

 leaves, there are some near relatives of theirs which are 

 equally similar to sticks and twigs, so that the semblance 

 of a leafy branch might easily be made by fixing the 

 former upon the latter. Some of these Walking Slides 

 are eight or nine inches in length, and the whole body 

 and legs are of precisely the colour and texture of bark. 



THE GKASSHOPPEK, (Locusta flavipes,) 



Is of a green colour, with the wing-cases brown, and the 

 head somewhat resembling that of a horse ; the corselet 

 is armed with a strong buckler. Of its six legs the 

 hinder two are much longer than the others, to assist the 

 insect in leaping. The male makes a chirping noise, 

 which is caused by the thighs being rubbed against the 

 sides of the wing-cases : if handled roughly, the Grass- 

 hopper bites very sharply. 



Toward the end of autumn the female deposits her eggs 

 in a hole, which she makes in the earth for the purpose. 

 These eggs sometimes amount to a hundred and fifty ; 

 they are about the size of caraway-seeds, w.hite, oval, and 

 of a horny substance. The female, having thus performed 

 her duty, soon languishes and dies. In the beginning of 

 May following a small white larva issues out of each 

 egg. The creature passes about twenty days under this 

 humble form; after which, having assumed the pupa 



