THE GRASSHOPPER'S COUSINS 



may be known from all others by a broken or vibratory 

 sound. There is little music in them, but the player has 

 enough conceit to make up for this lack. Two vigorous 



Fig. 36. The common black cricket, Qryllus assimilis 



A, a male with wings raised in the attitude of singing. B, a female with long 



ovipositor. C, young crickets recently hatched (enlarged about i'i times). 



D, a female inserting her ovipositor in the ground. E, a female with ovipositor 



buried full length in the ground 



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