Directions for collecting and preserving insects . FIG. 28. — A Locust (Acrideumamericanum). tegmina) straight and usually narrow, pergameneous or parchment-like, thickly veined, and overlapping at tips when closed; the hind wings large and folding longi- tudinally like a fan. Transfor- mations incomplete. The insects of this orderhave a lengthened body andvery robust jaws, with a corre-spondingly large head. Thelegs are strong, and fashionedeither for grasping, running,climbing, jumping, or burrow-. 1U2 in the Other Orders FIG. 29. — A Tree-cricket (Ocharis saltator). a, female; where the tra


Directions for collecting and preserving insects . FIG. 28. — A Locust (Acrideumamericanum). tegmina) straight and usually narrow, pergameneous or parchment-like, thickly veined, and overlapping at tips when closed; the hind wings large and folding longi- tudinally like a fan. Transfor- mations incomplete. The insects of this orderhave a lengthened body andvery robust jaws, with a corre-spondingly large head. Thelegs are strong, and fashionedeither for grasping, running,climbing, jumping, or burrow-. 1U2 in the Other Orders FIG. 29. — A Tree-cricket (Ocharis saltator). a, female; where the transformations are incomplete, the young differ little from the parent, except in the want of wings; and in many instances even this difference does not exist, as


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