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ia formed for biting, and the metamorphosis is incomplete. 

 Many are provided with a curious " musical apparatus " (grass- 

 hoppers, &c.) There i§ usually a pair of long multiarticulate 

 antennse, and two large compound eyes as well as ocelli, on the 

 head. The prothorax is freely movable. The metamorphosis 



FiQ. 128.— MiOEATOBY LocusT (^clipoda migratona). (Nicholson.) 



may be very incomplete : in the most advanced we only get a 

 semblance of larval and pupal stages, and some never pass the 

 larval condition. Orthoptera have been divided into Cursoria or 

 Eunners, as the Cockroaches ; Gh-essoria or Walkers, the Walk- 

 ing-stick Insects, &c. ; and Saltatoria or Jumpers, the Grass- 

 hoppers and Locusts.'- 



Earwigs (Forficulidje). 



Amongst the Cursoria are the Earwigs {ForficulidcB), which 

 are undoubtedly noxious insects. Earwigs are amongst our 

 perpetual insect foes in the garden, and recently they have 

 been prevalent in the field, attacking crops of turnips, man- 

 golds, cabbage, and hops. Early in the year the female comes 

 from her winter quarters and lays her eggs in a hole in the 

 ground and under stones. About twenty to thirty yellowish 

 ova are laid together, and she looks after and sits upon the ova 

 until they are incubated. I have found the eggs hatch out 



^ Dr Sharp treats this order in two series — namely, Cursoria, including 

 the Earwigs, Cockroaches, Mantis Flies, and Stick Insects ; and Saltatoria, 

 including the Locusts, Crickets, and Grasshoppers. 



