. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 568 Div. 3. ARTICULATA.—INSECTA. Class 3. Tlie Cicada are found upon trees, or shrubs, of which tliey suck the sap. The female pierces the small twig;s of dead branches of trees as far as the pith with its ovipositor, lodged in a semi-tubular sheath formed of two valves, and composed of three scaly pieces of a narrow and elonjjated form, two of which are terminated like a file, in order to deposit their eg^s therein, the number of which being great,
. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 568 Div. 3. ARTICULATA.—INSECTA. Class 3. Tlie Cicada are found upon trees, or shrubs, of which tliey suck the sap. The female pierces the small twig;s of dead branches of trees as far as the pith with its ovipositor, lodged in a semi-tubular sheath formed of two valves, and composed of three scaly pieces of a narrow and elonjjated form, two of which are terminated like a file, in order to deposit their eg^s therein, the number of which being great, the female makes a succession of slits, the place of which is indicated by so many elevations on the exterior. The young larvae quit their birth-place, how- ever, in order to descend into the ground, where they increase in size and become pupae. Their fore-legs are short, the fore thighs being very strong, and armed with teeth, fitted for burrowing in the earth. The Greeks devoured the pupse, which they called Tettiyometra;, as well as the perfect insect. Before coupling the males were preferred, but afterwards the females were selected, being filled with eggs. The Cicada Onni, by puncturing the elm, causes it to discharge the saccharine purgative fluid which has been termed manna. [The genus is very numerous, and the species are found in all the warmer regions of the globe, some being of large size. In England we, however, jiossess but a single species, which has been figured by Curtis under the name of C. aii/ilica. It has only occurred in the New Forest, in Hampshire] The species which have a slit on the upper side of the abdomen, exposing the timbale, such as C. h<ematodes, &c., compose the genus Tibicen of my Fam. Nat. C. orni, Fab., may in this respect form another genus. [See the monographs of Germar.] The other Cicadariae (Muettes) have only three distinct joints to the antennae, and two small ocelli. Their legs are in general fitted for leaping; neither of th
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