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[NSECTS AIMiOAD. 



which permil the nervures of the lower wing to show through 

 the substance of the upper. 



This is the largest known species of Cricket; and it' its 

 powers of producing sound be as much stronger than those of 

 our domestic insect as its body is larger, it must be a singularly 

 noisy neighbour. The antennae arc slender and of very great 

 length, so long indeed that the artist could not manage to intro- 

 duce their entire length into the figure. Each of these organs 

 has two hundred and forty joints. 



l'i(. I6S - Acheta [or Bchizodactylus] inonstrosa. 

 i Pali brown. ) 



This insect, which is a native of India, lias many of the habits 

 of our well-known Field Cricket, and, like that insect, resides in 

 burrows, winch it sometimes sinks to the depth of three feet. 

 It is nocturnal, never being seen outside its burrow in the 

 daytime. 



The generic name Schizodactylus, which has already been 

 mentioned, refers to the structure of the feet, and is formed from 

 two Greek words, the former signifying anything that is cleft or 

 divided, and the latter a. toe, or finger. If the reader will look 



