XVr. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CLASS - 

 INSI<]C'TA 



AnTHKui'ODA (continued) 



The class, Insecla, is divided into nineteen subdivisions 

 or orders. It is impossible, in this book, to discuss all of 

 these orders, nor would it be wise, because the members of 

 some of the orders would be cjuite strange and unfamiliar 

 to us. Therefore, we shall confine our attention to seven 

 orders that contain the nrore common and widely known 

 insect.^. 



Grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, etc. — These are 

 all closely related insects and belong in the order known 

 as Orthoplera (straight wing). The word refers to the 

 straight, fanlike plaits into which the hind wings are 

 folded when they are at rest. 



The insects in tJiis order Itave four icings, tlie front pair 

 I'leini] tliick and not folded, while the hind winf/K ore thin and 

 folded in stroiijld, faniilce plaits ii-hen at rest. Then have 

 hilijuj nioulh pa)'ts and the iiictainorphasis is incomplete. 



There are many species of grasshoppei's and they are 

 wi(lel>' distributed over the eartli. There are two families 

 of grasshoppers: the short-horned, those lia\'ing short 

 antemia\ and the long-horned, those with long, slender 

 ;uitenna\ The short-horned grasshoppers are the true 

 locusts, some species ol which are referred to in the Bible. 

 They often sweep over a country and destroy all the herbage. 

 The little red-legged locust is ximt conunon in the northern 



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