NBUROPTERA. 



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The Mole Cricket {GiijUotalpa vuhjaris) (fig. 163) is sometimes 

 an unpleasant insect in gardens and greenhouses, burrowing in 





Fig. 103. — Mole Cricket (GrtjUotcdpci vulgaris), 4, 

 1, Ova; 2 and 3, young crickets. (Curtis.) 



the soil, but is nowhere very plentiful, except in the Channel 

 Islands. 



NEUEOPTERA. 



In this order are grouped many diverse forms. Some 

 insects now included were at one time classified as distinct 

 orders, but without sufficient grounds, and hence are now in- 

 corporated in this one group. As a rule, Neuroptera may be 

 said to have four wings of the same texture, with numerous 

 veins and cross -veins, giving them a peculiar lace -like or 

 reticulate appearance. If we include here the Ant-lions, &c., 

 complete as well as incomplete metamorphosis is found. Many 

 are aquatic in the larval stage. The Neuroptera include the 



