rarely of the same species ; all, therefore, that 

 present themselves to the collector should be 

 taken: it is not often the case, that European 

 insects are ever found in America, Asia, or Af- 

 rica ; they may, it is true, have a similar ap- 

 pearance, hut when compared with European 

 species, they will he found to he sufficiently dis- 

 tinct. The insects of this order inhabit trees , 

 hedges, and gardens, feeding on fruits, or se- 

 creting themselves in the crevices of wood work 

 and under the bark of trees ; some few will be 

 found in the neighbourhood of dunghills, and 

 others under stones on the sea shore: as the 

 bodies are liable to shrink in drying, they should 

 be preserved in spirits. 



Order 5. ORTHOPTERA. Elytra coriaceous, 

 the internal margin of one overlapping the same 

 margin of the other ; wings membranaceous, the 

 anterior margin coriaceous, longitudinally fold- 

 ed ; palpi short ; body elongate, narrow ; tarsi 

 with three or four, very rarely with five joints. 

 [PL II, fig. 5.] 



This order contains the Grasshopper, Locust, 

 Mantis, Walking-leaf, and the Cricket. They 

 inhabit trees, shrubs, rushes, and grassy places, 

 and are extremely abundant in tropical cli- 

 mates, where they are found of a large size. 



