382 RECREATIONS OF A NATURALIST 



Ainsworth Davis appeared in 1894. It seems 

 clear, however, from an examination of the works 

 of previous writers on this insect, that the Dutch 

 professor derived his information, not from personal 

 investigation of the subject, but from the observa- 



THE MOLE CRICKET ON THE WING. 



tions of Rosel, Latreille, de Saussure, and other 

 continental authors, to some of whom Westwood 

 also was admittedly indebted when penning his 

 remarks on the Mole Cricket in his Introduction to 

 the Classification of Insects. 



No account of this species would be complete 

 without mention of the singular noise which it 



