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Description. 



but too lately excluded to contain any rudiments 

 of young, being full of a viscous substance. The 

 eggs lay but shallow, and within the influence of 

 the sun, just under a little heap of fresh mould, 

 like that which is raised by ants rx f ^^ 



These are troublesome insects in hot-beds, 

 where they make great havoc by hacking and 

 gnawing the roots of plants with their fore-feet, 

 the ends of which are armed with teeth like ; . a 

 saw. y f /j itt:ft~9fft rifif}/ i>\jnoi? hrm 



A mole cricket was kept alive by the Rev. Mr. 

 Gould, during several of the summer months. 

 He fed it on the larva? and chrysalids of ants, 

 which it seized very greedily. liaq |nWj 



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THE GRASSHOPPER OR FIELD 

 CRICKET. 



THIS animal is of the colour of green leaves, 

 except a little of brown which streaks the back, 

 and two pale lines under the belly, and behind 

 the legs. It may be divided into the head, the 

 corselet, and the belly. The head is oblong, re- 

 garding the earth, and bearing some resemblance 

 to that of a horse. Its mouth is covered by a 

 kind of round buckler jutting over it> and armed 

 with teeth of a brown colour, hooked at the 

 points. Within the mouth is perceivable a large 

 reddish tongue, fixed to the lower jaw. The 





