48 HOW TO TEACH BEETLES, BUGS, AND LOCUSTS. 
consists of three distinct rings of very unequal size. 
The first ring (prothorax) is smallest. There are 
no wings or rudiments of wings. The eyes are 
small and antennae very long. The mouth is fitted 
for biting vegetable food. The feet are very similar 
to those of the Grasshopper and Katydid. 
THE ROACH. 
Roaches are common about mills and in houses, 
especially in pantries and kitchens. They run with 
great rapidity and hide in very 
narrow cracks and crevices. The 
structure of their bodies especial¬ 
ly adapts them to creep into very 
small holes. The rings of the 
abdomen are capable of great 
expansion and contraction. The 
eyes are very small, antennae 
very long, and mouth-parts fitted 
for biting. The roach is om¬ 
nivorous. He eats vegetable and 
animal food and does not object 
to eating paper, clothing, and 
carpets. Hyatt quotes from 
Fig. 29.—Roaches, travellers in tropical regions that 
male and female. roaches have been known to at¬ 
tack a sleeping traveller and nibble at his toe-nails. 
Roaches seldom, if ever, use their wings which 
are small in the males and almost obsolete in the 
females. 
