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the rear. 



But when the katydid "cleans up," it does a thorough job. It 

 nibbles its front feet, paying special attention 

 to the pads, meanwhile holding the foot to its 

 mandibles with the aid of the palpi. But once 

 washing is not enough; I have seen a katydid 

 go over the same foot a dozen times in succes- 

 sion, beginning always with the hind spurs of 

 The front portions of the wings the tibia and nibbling along the tarsus to the 

 of a male katydid showing claws. It cleans its face with its front foot, 

 file on one ^J^'S and scraper drawing it downward over the eye and then 

 on e er. licking it clean. It cleans its antenna with 



its mandibles by beginnmg at the base and drawing it up in a loop as fast 

 as finished. After watching the process of these lengthy ablutions, we 

 must conclude that the katydid is among the most fastidious members of 

 the insect "four hundred." 



References — Manual for Study of Insects, Comstock; American Insects, 

 Kellogg; Ways of Six Footed, Comstock; Grasshopper Land, Morley. 



The anguhir-winged katydid and her eggs. 

 Comstock's Manual. 



