246 WONDERS OF INSECT LIFE 



reader will remember the controversy which raged 

 not long since with regard to our feathered friends 

 the Owls. Enough has been written, however, 

 to attract notice to this interesting branch of 

 Natural History, and we must pass on. 



Of acrobats and musicians in the world of 

 insect-life we have several common and interest- 

 ing examples. Some come under the double 

 heading, and in this respect we may mention the 

 Grasshoppers and the Crickets. Others, again, 

 such as the Frog Hopper, the Flea, the Water 

 Boatman, the Skipjacks, and the Devil's Coach 

 Horse Beetle, are acrobats only, and further ones, 

 such as the Humble and Honey Bees, the Blow 

 Fly, the Dor Beetle, and the Cockchafer, are 

 musicians alone, and do not perform any special 

 acrobatic feats. 



We will take the acrobats and musicians first, 

 and this brings us at once to the Grasshoppers. 

 Two species may be mentioned, namely, the 

 Great Green and the Common species. The long 

 antennae and the much larger size at once distin- 

 guish the former species. It claims kinship with 

 the Long-horned group, the common little Grass- 

 hopper of our meadows and lanes belonging to 

 the Short-horned group, which includes the true 

 Locusts. The Great Green species should be 

 sought for in trees and bushes. It is not terres- 

 trial like the smaller and more common kind. It 



