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in which these insects sometimes appear. Their cleauh- 

 ness. Study of them recommended . . page 63 



LETTER VI. 



coLEOPTERA {confinued). 

 The predacious beetles. Number and habits of the Carabidaj" 

 " The poor beetle that we tread upon ;" meaning of the 

 passage. Prevailing ignorance of the variety observed 

 among the insects known by the English name of beetles. 

 Pleasures of meeting with the rarer species. They are 

 found even in the most barren places. Birkie bog. The 

 " tiger of the insect tribes." " The fieiy glow-worm's 

 eyes." Remarks of Dr. Johnson, Mason, and Douce, on 

 those words. The " fire," why " unefFectual." Light of 

 the male and female glow-worm ; description of its ap- 

 pearance, by Kirby and Spence. The insect unkno\vii in 

 the north of Ireland. Its appearance on Ben Lomond' 

 " Dost know this water-fly .' " What insect is here alluded 

 to. GjTinus foimd in a shell ; probable cause of its select- 

 ing such a habitation . . . . . 77 



LETTER VII. 



ORTHOPTERA AND HOMOPTERA. 



The Grasshopper and Cricket. Poetical notices of the former. 

 The cricket, "always harbinger of good." A prevalent 

 opinion erroneous. Feelings associated with their chirp. 

 " As merr>- as crickets." Their cliirp noticed by Rogers, 

 Cowper, Milton, Hogg, Shakspeare, &c. Vessel saved by 

 the song of an insect of this order. Notes of the field 

 cricket. Its sense of hearing ; illustrative extracts from 



