566 Insects. 
not constructed as claspers, but the body is very flat and 
leaf-like, and the wing-cases are veined so as to look exactly 
like a leaf ; indeed, if seen adhering motionless to the 
branch of a tree, it would certainly be mistaken for a leaf. 
They are found in the East Indies. It is curious that while 
these creatures present such a deceptive resemblance to 
leaves, there are some near relatives of theirs which are 
equally similar to sticks and twigs, so that the semblance 
of a leafy branch might easily be made by fixing the 
former upon the latter. Some of these Walking Sticks 
are eight or nine inches in length, and the whole body 
and legs are of precisely the colour and texture of bark. 
THE GEASSHOPPEE, (Locusta flavipes,) 
Is of a green colour* with the wing-cases brown, and the 
head somewhat resembling that of a horse ; the corselet 
is armed with a strong buckler. Of its six legs the 
hinder two are much longer than the others, to assist the 
insect in leaping. The male makes a chirping noise, 
which is caused by the thighs being rubbed against the 
sides of the wing-cases : if handled roughly, the Grass- 
hopper bites very sharply. 
Toward the end of autumn the female deposits her eggs 
in a hole, which she makes in the earth for the purpose. 
These eggs sometimes amount to a hundred and fifty ; 
they are about the size of caraway-seeds, white, oval, and 
of a horny substance. The female, having thus performed 
her duty, soon languishes and dies. In the beginning of 
May following a small white larva issues out of each 
egg. The creature passes about twenty days under this 
humble form ; after which, having assumed the pupa 
