tlEMTPTE RA* 
G ry llo -Talp a , M ole-Cricket. 
The fore-feet are flrong and placed like thofe of 
the mole, fo as to be ufeful in burrowing ; it gene¬ 
rally, however, moves backward. It commonly re- 
fides under ground, into which it penetrates more 
expeditioully than the mole. , 
The female forms a cell of clammy earth, about 
the fize of a hen's egg, clofed up on every fide, the 
infide capable of receiving two hazle nuts ; the eggs, 
amounting to about 150, are white, and about the 
lize of caraway comfits ; they are carefully covered, 
as well to defend them from the injuries of the wea¬ 
ther, as from the attacks of the black beetle. The 
female places herfelf near the entrance of the nefl, 
and whenever the beetle attempts to feize its prey, 
the guardian infe£l catches it behind, and bites it 
afunder. Nothing can exceed the care of thefe ani¬ 
mals in the prefervation of their young ; wherever 
a nefl is fituated, fortifications, avenues, and en¬ 
trenchments furround it; there are alfo numerous 
'meanders which lead to it, and a ditch encompafles the 
whole, which few other infefls are capable of palling. 
The mole-cricket removes the nefl higher or 
lower, according to the weather. 
This creature makes great havoc in hot-beds, 
hacking and gnawing the roots: its fore-feet, 
which are armed with teeth, like a faw, are employed 
for that ufe. 
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