Gimxus. 
413 
Vis body has been found provided with a bn ail hole be- 
low the infertton' of each wing, delicately confirudted 
with organs of found within, and covered over external- 
ly with a fine tranfparent membrane. It is by means of 
there organs, which, in the completenefs and delicacy of 
their ftrufture, may vie with thofe of the human voice, 
that fome fpecies of the gralhoppers produce their melo, 
dy. The cicada of the ancients, fo famous for beguiling 
tbe labours of the hufbandman by his melodious notes, 
is an animal very different from our grafcopper : The 
former either walked or flew ; and it was from the fum- 
mit of a tree that it pouted forth thofe delicate notes, fo 
much celebrated by the Grecian poet *. 
The note of tbe gralhopper is feldom heard, without 
being returned by another male of the fame fpecies ; and 
the two little animals, after many mutual infults of this 
kind, are feen to meet and fight defperateiy. The female 
is generally the reward of viftory ; for, after the combat, 
the male feizes her with his teeth behind the neck, and 
thus keeps her for feveral hours, till the bufmefs of fe- 
cundation is performed : They are at that time fo ftrong- 
ly united, that they can fcarcely be feparated without 
tearing them afunderf. 
After fecundation by the male, and towards the clofe 
of fumroer, the female is feen dillended with the feeds of 
a future family ; and file prepares for depofiting her nu- 
merous ova in the manner we have already mentioned. 
1 he eggs are white, of an ovai {hape, and homy confifl 
ency. In fize, they are nearly equal to a grain of anife ; 
and while in the body of the female, they are inveloped 
within 
* Vide the Odes of .Anacreon, 
f Goldfmith's Nat, Kill. Vol. \ II. p. 334* 
