on the feet of animals , &c. 329 
sucker, and the joint by which the peduncle is attached to the 
tarsus. 
Fig. 16. The hinder left leg of dytiscus marginalis, male, 
magnified 25 times. 
Fig. 17. The left front leg of dytiscus marginalis, female, 
magnified 25 times. 
Plate. XXL 
Fig. 1. The left front leg of a species of the genus gryllus, 
(Fabr.) with a corcelated thorax, from Abyssinia, magnified 
9 times. 
Fig. 2. A toe of ditto, to show the under side, on which are 
cushions attached to the first and second joints; a , the oval 
sucker between the claws ; hhbb, the cushions. 
Fig 3. Ditto, side view. 
Fig. 4. Ditto, upper side. 
Fig. 5. Vertical section of the organs, fig. 2. b. 
Fig. 6 . Longitudinal section of ditto. All these are mag- 
nified 100 times. 
Fig. 7. A front view of the left fore foot of a British spe- 
cies of grasshopper, acrydium biguttulum, (Latr.) to show 
that it has the same oval sucker between the claws, and the 
cushions, as in the grasshopper from Abyssinia. The parts 
were drawn from the animal while alive. The Abyssinian 
grasshopper had been preserved in spirit. 
Fig. 8. A side view. 
Fig. 9. A back view. These three views are magnified 
2500 times. 
Fig. 10. A left front leg of a British species of grasshopper, 
locusta varia, (Fabr.) magnified 3 6 times. 
