GRYLLEfS. 
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Section II. 
Tise locuds occupy the next feftion of this genus ; a 
race of animals, unhappily for mankind, by far too well 
known by their dedruaive effeds on the produaions of 
the earth in many of the warmer regions of Afia and 
Africa. They are didinguilhed by a Ample tail, and fill- 
form antennae *. The former of thefe members is dedi- 
tute of thofe fetaceous bridles which charaaerife the 
achetse, and of the tube which is peculiar to the tettigo- 
raoe already defcribed. The locuds conditute a multi- 
farious group of the mod voracious and prolific inteas 
■which are vitible to the naked eye. Some of them are of 
a large fixe, others fmall ; fome are green, others red or 
yellow. Among us they receive various denominations, 
according to their fixe and colour : When of one form, 
they are called locuds ; thofe of another, gralhoppers - 7 
and a third fort are termed crickets f. 
Many of the locuds far exceed the grathopper tribe in 
bulk, in rapidity of flight, and the powers of injuring 
mankind, by fwarming upon the produaions of the earth. 
The latter animals are unable to fly any considerable 
length ; and the quantity of vegetable food which a few 
of them fporting among the grafs can dedroy, is fcarcely 
perceptible ; but when a fwarm of locuds, feveral miles 
in length, and two or three yards deep, fettle upon a 
field, the confequences are truly alarming. The annals 
Syftema Naturse. 
f Barbut’s Genera Infsit p. uy„. 
