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INSECT MISCELLANIES, 



carefully over it both with its teeth and its tongue for 

 this purpose ; the whole resembling riot a little the 

 chewing of the cud*. 



The family of the cockroaches (Blattidce, STE- 

 PHENS) appear to be still more voracious than the 

 preceding. A small species (Blatta Lapponica, 



Giant cockroach (Blatta gigantea'), reduced in size. 



* J. R. 



