

NATURAL HISTORY. rz 
GENUS Ir. 

CHARACTER. 
ry : 
, i HE head is bent inwards, armed with jaws, and 
“farnithed with palpe, or fpiral tongues. The wings 
are fo deflected as to wrap round the fides of the body. 
A\ll the feet are armed with two crotchets, or nails 3- 
_and the hinder are formed for leaping. 
TETTICONI4--~GRASSHOPPER. 
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"Tuts infect walks heavily, flies tolerably, and 
leaps with wonderful agility. It has an inftrument in 
_ its tail, with which it digs holes on the ground, for the 
| yeception of its eggs. ‘Ihe grafshopper lays a great 
number at one fitting, cf which they form a groupe, 
by uniting them with a thin membrane. The little 
larve refemble entire the perfect infect, except in the 
fize, and having neither wings norelytra. ‘Thefe, as 
well as the perfect infect, are frequently found in 
meadows. They both teed on herbs very voracioufly. 
_ The grafshopper, having many ftomachs, has caufed 
feveral authors to affert that they chew the cud, like 
fome othexgarger animals. 
