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smaller than the female, and like her in colour, has a 

 more distinguished appearance on account of his small 

 aborted wings, which serve as an instrument of music, 

 and form a disc of ashy grey colour on his black and 

 brown body. 



Unless looked at closely this insect appears black, 



and might very well be called the black grasshopper. 

 And here it is necessary once more to protest against 

 what must be regarded as a gross neglect of a plain 

 duty on the part of writers on our native insects who 

 will not give English names even to the most common 

 and interesting species. Unless it has a vernacular 

 name they will go on speaking of it as Thamnotrizon 



