The Grasshopper. 85 



eara. They are oertunly aenae-organs, bat may not be organe of 

 heaiiog. 



The collar behind the head at first almost deceives us 

 into thinking it the whole of the thorax, bat we remem- 

 ber just in time that the thorax bears all the legs, so this 

 can be only the bank nf t,h<i first r'nor. On good speci- 



mens, chUdrea can see that there are two rings behind 

 this, both bearing legs. The thorax, then, has in all 

 three rings, and bears three pairs of legs. 



On the aide, the aecond and third ringa of the thorax, appear to 

 be four ringa inatead of tvo. Thia ia becanse the aide of each ring 

 conaiata of two platea (Fig. 1, B, Ifi and ha^, Ifi and h^), vbich, in 

 the typical ring, lie one above the other, the npper one of whioh 

 has here been forced oat of its proper place until it liea behind 

 the other. 



The nnmber of jointa in the lege, the eharp apinea with which 

 they are armed, and the aoft cnahiona padding the feet, will all 

 intereat the children, who will like to apend aa maeh time on theae 

 pointa aa can be well apared for them. 



The second and third rings of the thorax bear the 

 wings- The first pair of wings are straight and long. 

 They meet on the back and cover the hind wiogs. The 

 hind wings are broad and thin, and folded like a fan. 

 In the flying grasshopper they are often beautifully 

 colored. The hind wings are the ones chiefly used in 

 flying, and the fore wings are made hard to protect them. 



