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emerge from their hiding-places , and devour any food | 
which they may find lying about; they will even gnaw 
wet shoes and woollen fabrics, but if anybody comes 
with a light, they scurry away to their hiding-places. 
They are about an inch long, and the female is wingless. 
Family III. Mantide. In the Praying Insects 
the head is vertical, the prothorax is long and slender, 
and the front pair of legs are dentated, and used as 
prehensile organs, the other pairs being fitted for 
walking. 
Fig. c. Mantis religiosa is grass-green, and 
very variable in 
size ; it feeds on 
other insects. It 
is common in 
South Europe 
and in Africa 
and waits for 
prey on bushes, 
with its fore legs 
extended. 
Family IV. 
Phasmide. The 
Stick Insects are 
very remarkable 
for the great: 
length of their’ 
slender bodies. & 
Their legs are 
all fitted for 
walking. They 
are chiefly na- 
tives of the tro- 
pics, and live i 
among bushes 
and underwood, 
They so much 
resemble _ their ; 
surroundings 
that they can 
hardly be no- 
ticed by their 
enemies when P 
resting during -¥ 
the day, for they ‘/; 
feed on vege- |} 
table food at 
night. i 
One or two }) 
small species of | 
Phasmide (ab- | 
out three inches jE 
long) are found 
in Europe on 
the shores ofthe | 
Mediterranean, 






















thick, and the tegmina are shorter than the wings. The 
male chirps by rubbing the tegmina together. 
Fig. f. Gryllus domesticus, the House Cricket, 
| is common in many houses, generally seeking shelter 
near the hearth, and only coming out at night. It 
is of a dull yellow colour. 
Fig. g. Gryllus campestris, the Field Cricket, 
is much larger and darker coloured than the last 
species. It makes burrows in dry grassy places, and 
it is very scarce in England. 
Gryllotalpa culgaris, the Mole Cricket, 
is rarely seen 
on the surface 
is very active. 
Ite: 
(if 
i) / 
\ Hil jj of the ground. 
N\\ TiN WA It has farge 
. i fod shovel - shaped 
Uy front legs like 
h é a mole, which 
ituses to burrow 
ina similar man- 
ner; and itisa 
very destructive 
insect, for it de- 
stroys the roots 
of grass and 
plants by bur- 
rowing, even 
though its food 
may partly con- 
sist of other 1n- 
sects &c. 
Family VI. 
Phasgonuride. 
In this family 
the head is verti- 
cal, and round 
or triangular, 
the antenne are 
long and slender 
and the jaws 
are powerful. 
The wings and 
tegmina are 
equally —_ long. 
The hind legs 
are long and 
thick, and fitted 
for leaping, and 
the female has 
- a long ovipo- 
sitor. 
Fig.d. Phas- 
gonura viridis- 
sima, the Great 
Green Grass- 
hopper, is not 






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but the tropical ‘j uncommon — in 
species are fat = z Se A ete meadows and 
more remark- a SSO : MU 2 Se ini cornfields , but 
able. As a re- “Ceraocrana Papuana. Phyllium sicctfolium, is very likely to 
presentative we have figured Ceraocrana papuana, 
which is found in New Guinea.g It has very short 
tegmina, but the wings are of enormous size. The 
legs are long, slender and strongly d-ntadet. 
Fhyllinm siccifolium is a green insect, common 
in the East Indies, which is remarkable for its 
resemblance to a leaf. The wings are not so long 
as the abdomen. Several species of these Walking 
Leaves are found in Asia and Africa. 
Fam. V. Gryllida. In the Crickets, the head is large 
and vertical, without ocelli, the hind legs are long and 

elude observation by its green colour, especially as 
it rarely uses its wings, but leaps from stalk to 
stalk. The males chirp. The female lays her eggs 
in the ground. 
Family VII. Locustida. The Grasshoppers and 
true Locusts are distinguished from the last family 
by their short antenne. The head is vertical, and 
the antennze are cylindrical. The wings and teg- 
mina are equally long, and the hind legs are adapted 
for leaping. The ovipositor of the female is shorter 
and broader than in the last family, and she digs a 
