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INSECT LIFE. 



similar in form, and are also very long and slender ; 



the insects walk slowly. This family includes the 



well-known walking sticks (Fig. 50). 



Family Acridid/E (A-crid'- 

 i-das). — There are three fami- 

 lies of this order in which 

 the hind legs are very much 



Fig. si.— a locust. 



stouter or very much longer, 

 or both stouter and longer, 

 than the other pairs, being 

 fitted for jumping. This is 

 the lirst of these three fami- 

 lies. In this family the an- 

 tennas are shorter than the 



Fig. 52. — A locust. 



body. The ovipositor is 

 short and composed of four 

 separate plates. The tarsi 

 are three-jointed. The mem- 

 bers of the family are known 

 as locusts or short-horned grasshoppers (Figs. 51 and 



52). 



Family LocustiDtE (Lo-cus'ti-dse). — This is the 

 second of the three families of jumping Orthoptera. 



Fig. 50. — A walking-stick. 



