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the different kinds of Tropidoderus and Podacanthus, 

 bulkier still, and shorter, have greater facility of move- 



FlG. 12. Tropidoderus rhodomus. 



ment ; but the large wings are employed rather momen- 

 tarily than for anything properly called flight, merely 

 as assistance in leaping to a safer place, rather than for 

 transport to long distances. 



