SAMOUELLE'* 



have observed two males with their elytra in rapid 

 movement striving to charm and enamour the silent 

 female, who was listening with evident anxiety to 

 the loud music of the rivals. " Brunelli kept and 

 fed several males of this species in a closet, which 

 were very merry, and continued singing all the day $ 

 but a rap at the door would stop them instantly. By 

 practice he learned to imitate their chirping ; when 

 he did this at the door at first, a few would answer 

 him, in a low note and then the whole party would 

 take up the tune and sing with all their might. He 

 once shut up a male in his garden and gave the fe- 

 male her liberty, but as soon as she heard the male 

 chirp she flew to him immediately." 



"Jackson observes, that when he was in Barbary 

 in 1799, dishes of locusts were generally served up 

 at the principal tables and esteemed a great delicacy. 

 They are preferred by the Moors to pigeons ; and a 

 person may eat a plateful of two or three hundred 

 without feeling any ill effects. They usually boil 

 them in water half an hour (having thrown away the 

 head, wings and legs,) then sprinkle them with salt 

 and pepper and fry them, adding a little vinegar." 

 In a note Mr. Kirby observes "that the Rev. R. 

 Sheppard caused some of A viridissima to be cooked 

 in the way here recommended, only substituting but- 

 ter for vinegar, and found them excellent." 



Some years since we gave specimens of this insect 

 to the late Sir H. Davey, to have artificial ones made 

 for fly fishing, but never heard the result of the 

 experiment. As the insect is found in sedges that 

 grow by the sides of streams they may possibly be a 

 favourite food and prove a good bait for some of the 

 larger fishes. 



