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THE LIFE-STORY OF INSECTS [CH. 



applied to it, is not inappropriate. The baby cock- 

 roach (fig. 4 d) is known by its flattened body, 

 rounded prothorax, and stiff, jointed tail -feelers or 

 cercopods; the baby grasshopper by its strong, 

 elongate hind-legs, adapted, like those of the adult, 



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Fig. 4. Common Cockroach (Jilntta orientaJis). a, female; b, male; 

 c, side view of female; d, young. After Marlatt, Entom. Hull. \. 

 U.S. Dept. Agric. 



for vigorous leaping. During the growth of the 

 insect to the adult state there may l>e four or 

 five moults, each preceded and succeeded by a 



