THE GRASSHOPPER. 



Lesson I. 



The Tery largest grasBhoppers we conid find have heen preserved 

 in alcohol, and from a friend in Florida we have a small jar of the 

 great "labber grasshoppers," three or four inches long. Of onr 

 common ones, the flying grasshoppers make the best specimens, 

 becanse they show so plainly the strnctare of the hind wings. We 

 pin them to bits of cork, and also distribute pins before beginning 

 the lesson. This insect is so familiar that the children are first 

 allowed to tell what they know of its habits, and as many points 

 of stractnre as they can discover for themselves, withont much 

 qnestioning. Some of the following observations are made : 



The grasshopper has one pair of long legs and two 

 pairs of short legs. It lives in the grass, and jumps 

 with its long legs. It has two pairs of wings. It has a 



