90 Lessons in Zoology. 



pieroera, which bore a hole io the gronnd and then nnite to foim a 

 oanal throagh whioh the eggs pass down into the earth. 



The first ring of the thorax has a cape like the grass- 

 hopper's, but a straight, broad one, much more like a wide 

 collar. The three rings are plainly seen on the nnder 

 side. The hind legs are long but not so strong as the 

 grasshopper's. The wing-covers are bent to fit the sides 

 of the body. The wing- covers of the male are larger 

 than those of the female, and have a different arrange- 

 ment of the veins. 



It is by Tabbing these strong veins of the wing-oovers together 

 that the male cricket makes the livel; chirp we know so well. 



The head of the cricket is shorter and broader than 

 that of the grasshopper, bat like that is placed at right 

 angles to the body. The eyes are not so large as the 

 grasshopper's. The palpi are longer than the grasshop- 

 per's. Just below the upper lip the hard mandibles can 

 be felt. With a pin the first pair of maxillse with the 

 long palpi can be pushed outward, and the united second 

 pair of maxillae with a shorter pair of palpi can be beot 

 downward. 



The strong mandibles are evidently fitted for biting, and we 

 know that crickets do eat the tender parts of plants, even attack- 

 ing roots and frnits. When abnndant, they do great damage. 



The eggs laid in the autumn are hatched the next sum- 

 mer. Most of the old insects die before cold weather 

 comes, but a few live through the winter under stones or 

 in dry holes. 



The children mast not fail to see and admire the white climb- 

 ing cricket, daintiest and most delicately fashioned of all oar New 



