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long, entirely green, with large legs fitted for leaping ; 

 long wings, and the posterior portion of the body termi- 

 nating in an ovipositor. This species harhor among 

 trees or bushes, keeping up a continual chirping, and, 

 sitting quietly, will suffer one to approach closely, but, 

 when the intruder believes himself certain of the prize, 

 the little creature flies off. This family, known by the 

 popular name of the Great Green Grasshopper, is 

 always met with on linden trees. Much resembling the 

 green locust, but smaller, is 



The Little Green Grasshopper; nevertheless, it is a 

 fierce little insect, and bites more severely than the for- 

 mer. In some places the peasants use them to remove 

 warts, from which circumstance they receive the name of 

 Wart Eaters. 



The Migratory Locust (acridium migratorium) is two 

 inches long, grayish brown, spotted with black, or tinged 

 with green ; their true home is in Tartary. They are 

 there found in such numbers that in their migratory 

 flights they appear in the distance like a black cloud, 

 which, gathering, obscures the light of day. From time 

 to time they unite themselves in troops of millions, and 

 keeping on a certain track, can, in a little while trans- 

 form the places where they alight into an arid waste. In 

 Asia and Africa this and other similar species are greater 

 pests than in Europe, although they are there used as an 

 article of food. The manner of preparing them is to tear 

 off the wing-covers and feet, and then bake them with 

 butter ; they are said to be very palatable, and taste like 

 crabs. This species of locust is believed to have formed 

 the sustenance of St. John while he abode in the desert. 



The Bed Bug (cimex lectularius) is flat, without 

 wings, and provided with a straight sucker or proboscis. 



