296 DIVISION III. ARTICULATED ANIMALS.—CLASS IV. INSECTA. 
The Crickets and Grasshoppers have very long, thin antenns, whilst the 
Locusts have short antennw, and either flattened or filiform, or swelling out 
at one extremity, like a club. The female of the first two is provided with 
an ovipositor in the shape of an auger. 
In the Linnwan system these insects composed the single genus 
Grytius. —Although later systemists have separated them into several 
genera, yet, as the nomenclature of the Swedish naturalist, for the most 
part, still prevails, I shall consider them according to his arrangement. 
G. Campestris. —The Field Cricket. This insect loves dry and hot 
situations, where it constructs its dwelling, in which it lies in wait for its 
prey. It leaves this retreat only at night. It is very timid, and at the 
least noise ceases its song. If it is stationed on the side of its hole, it re- 
treats into it the moment any one approaches. 
The holes of these crickets are well known to country children, who take 
these insects by presenting a straw to them. The pugnacious cricket seizes 
it directly with its mandibles, and lets itself be drawn out of its hole. It 
is this which has given rise to the saying, “A greater fool than a cricket.” 
It is very susceptible of cold, and always makes the opening of its hole 
towards the south. It lives on insects and herbs. 
G. Domesticus. —The House Cricket. This species is about half an 
inch long, of an ashy color, and is to be met with principally in bakers’ 
shops and country kitchens, where it hides itself, during the day, in the 
crevices of the walls, or at the back of the fireplaces. It eats flour, and 
also, perhaps, the little insects which live in flour. 
“The habits of the Ilouse Cricket are nocturnal, like those of its congener 
of the fields. It is only at night that it leaves its retreat to seek its food. 
When it is exposed against its will to the light of day, it appears to be in 
a state of torpor. This insect reminds one of the, owl, among birds, not 
only from its habit of avoiding the light, but also from its monotonous sone, 
which the vulgar consider— one does not know why —a foreboding of ill-luck 
to the house in which it is heard. Formerly this singular prejudice was 
much deeper rooted than it is at present. The song of the cricket has merely 
the object of calling the female.” 
G. Sulvestris. —Cricket of the Woods. This insect is much smaller 
than the above, and is met with in great numbers in the woods, where its 
leaps sometimes produce the noise of drops of rain. 
G. Vulgaris. —The Mole Cricket. This species is an inch and a half 
long, and of a brown color. These crickets are distinguished from all other 
insects by the structure of their fore legs, which are wide and indented in 
such a manner as to resemble a hand, analogous to that of the mole. This 
hand betrays its habits much better than our hands betray ours. One need 
