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a limited degree of movement. By closer study it will 

 be found that there are three distinct regions in the body 

 of a locust; namely, ^ 



heatl, thorax, and ab- 

 domen (Fig. 94). It 

 is well to note, just 

 here, that the bodies 

 of all insects are seg- 

 mented and divideil 

 into three regions 

 as the body of the 

 locust is. 



The head and its ap- 

 pendages. — The head 

 of the locust bears 

 several prominent ap- 

 pendages ; namely, Fig. 95. —Head of locust : a. a, antennre ; c, c, 



the antenna?, or feel- ««'»p°""^i «J-''« ; '- -'^p'« «3'«« ■ «< "pp^'' '^p- 

 ers, the eyes, and the mouth parts (Fig. 95). The antennae 

 are slender, threadlike organs attached to the front of 

 the head near the top. Each one is maile up of a numljer 

 of short segments. 



On each side of the 

 head, just back of the 

 antennae, is a large, 

 conspicuous compound 

 eye. Each one is com- 

 posed of a number of 

 regular six-sided divi- 

 sions which give it a 

 honeycomb appearance 



Fig. 96. — Portion of locust's compound eye. ( Fig . 96) . In addition 



