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The Grasshopper. 



This insect may be divided into three parts; the head, the 

 corslet, and the belly. The head is long, pointing down to the 

 earth. Every one is struck with the resemblance which it bears 

 tu the head of a horse. Its mouth is covered by something similar 

 to a buckler ; this juts over it ; is armed with teeth of a brown 

 color and hooked at the points. The tongue is large, reddish, and 

 fixed to the upper jaw. The antennae are long and tapering to a 

 point. The eyes are like two black spots, and very prominent ; the 

 corslet is elevated, narrow, and armed above and below by two 

 serrated spines. The back is defended by a strong buckler. To 

 this the legs are firmly bound. What is very singular, round these 

 muscles are seen the vessels by which the animal breathes, as white 

 as snow. It is provided with four wings. The hinder wings are 

 much finer and more expansive than the foremost, and are chiefly 

 employed in its flight through the air. 



A short time after the wings are brought to maturity, the grass- 

 hopper fills the meadows with its notes. Like the music of birds, 

 it is a call to courtship. The male only is vocal. It is toward the 

 latter end of autumn the female deposit." her eggs, sometimes 



