INSECT INTRUDERS. 



Indigo districts of the country and 

 elsewhere. It is almost as 'much a 

 curiosity in its way as the mole cricket 

 and is built on a tre- 

 mendously powerful 

 scale, its legs being 

 strong and long and 

 very powerful, and the 

 head and body broad 

 and thick. The most 

 curious part about the 

 anatomy of the insect, 

 however, are the tremendously long 

 wings. So long are these that if held 

 straight behind it when in the position 

 of rest, they would project a long way 

 beyond the extremity of the body. In 

 order to get rid of such awkward 

 appendages and to ensure their safety, 

 for they are membranous ^and frail, the 

 insect rolls them up in a spiral manner 

 and you see at the end of its body two 

 large spiral coils generally coiled up 

 in a careless slovenly manner. The 

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