INSECT INTRUDERS. 



modified to look like portions of leaves, 

 whilst the body and wings are quite flat- 

 tened out and leaf-like. Man with all his 

 cleverness and adaptability in living at 

 ease and in comparative leisure and 

 comfort upon his fellows has done noth- 

 ing yet half as clever for his own self- 

 protection as the leaf insect. 



By the way while on district 

 work in Eastern Bengal some 

 years ago a native brought me 

 one of these insects. On insti- 

 tuting a few enquiries as to where 

 I might procure some more, I 

 was told that the trees were fairly 

 common in those parts, and that 

 this particular one was only one of the 

 leaves which had taken to walking! I 

 fancy most of us in Eastern Bengal and 

 Assam have been told this simple yarn at 

 one time or another there is little doubt 

 that the native believes it. 



There are tree-living forms of both 

 Crickets and Cockroaches which, as a 

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