152 HKMIPTERA. 
word*, which means a step, and is ap- 
plied to those kinds of legs, which are 
adapted to slow motion only, such as 
walking step by step. Thus the legs of 
the mantis, which creeps along, are called 
gressoru, while those of the grasshopper, 
which leaps or jumps with great velocity, 
are termed saltatorii, from a Latin verb-j-, 
that signifies to leap. 
. Lucy, Thank you, mamma ; I find it 
much easier to remember these terms 
when I know their exact meaning. 
Mother, Before we part for to-day I 
will tell you one more circumstance of 
the mantis ; I have already mentioned, 
timt some of the species are very spirited 
and quarrelsome little creatures ; and it is 
said, that in China, they are kept in 
cages, and fed, for the diversion of set- 
ting them to fight, in the same way that 
cockfighting is practised in this country 
by thoughtless clowns. 
* Gressus. \ Salto. 
