ii2 BEETLES, GRASSHOPPERS, ETC. 



Australian Cockroach (Periplaneta australasise). 

 Certainly one would not desire to see them in 

 his dwelling-house. 



The grasshoppers are the most pleasant 

 members of the Orthoptera. The mere men- 

 tion of the name recalls to us the sensation 

 of lying on thyme-scented downs on a hot 

 day, when the air resounds with the chirping 

 of these insects. There are many species. 



The figures of the Parallel Grasshopper 

 (Stenobothrus parallelus), Plate IX., Fig. 6, 

 may be used to illustrate two common 

 species besides itself the Green Grasshopper 

 (Stenobothrus viridulus) and the Two-shade 

 Grasshopper (Stenobothrus bicolor). In shape 

 and size the three are similar. Parallelus is 

 of varied colour, green or reddish, and is found 

 in fields and damp meadows. It may be known 

 by having mere rudimentary wings. Viridulus 

 is green varied with darker, and is to be sought 

 on inland grassy banks. It produces a loud 

 and prolonged note, beginning low and rising 

 by degrees. Bicolor is green, brownish, or 

 yellowish, and inhabits sea-banks and links. 

 It chirps with a sharp ' tzz, tzz, tzz.' The 

 Spotted Grasshopper (Gomj)hocerus maculatus), 



