48 ORTHOPTEROUS IXSECTS. 



they are attached : when they spring from the maxillae, 

 they are termed Maxillary Palpi ; when they are 

 attached to the lower lip, they are called Labial Palpi. 

 Much difference of opinion has existed as to their 

 functions, but the most general belief now is, that 

 they are really what their name denotes, " feelers." 



Mole Cricket, Grylloialpa vulgaris. 



" As merry as crickets," is the comparison made 

 use of by Poins in one of his frohcs with the Prince, 

 at the Boar's Head Tavern. This merry insect be- 

 longs to a different order, Orthoptera, and exhibits in 

 its mouth seven parts as distinct as those of the 

 Coleoptera, but somewhat different in form. The 

 mandibles are strong, and admirably adapted for 

 cutting vegetable substances, on which the greater 

 part of the order subsists ; and in this insect the 

 ton"-ue is more perfectly developed than in the beetle^ 

 where it can scarcely be said to exist as a distinct 

 organ. 



