. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. ORTHOPTERA, II3 such that by rubbing the wing-covers together they are made to vibrate, and thus produce the sound. Figure 126 repre- sents a wing-cover of the male of a common meadow grass- hopper, and Figure 127 that of a female of the same species. In order to facilitate the study of this family the more common representatives can be arranged in four groups : The Meadow Grasshoppers, the Katydids, the Cricket-like Grasshoppers, and the Shield-backed Grasshoppers. I. The Meadozv Grasshoppers. —Under this head can be classed our most common member
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. ORTHOPTERA, II3 such that by rubbing the wing-covers together they are made to vibrate, and thus produce the sound. Figure 126 repre- sents a wing-cover of the male of a common meadow grass- hopper, and Figure 127 that of a female of the same species. In order to facilitate the study of this family the more common representatives can be arranged in four groups : The Meadow Grasshoppers, the Katydids, the Cricket-like Grasshoppers, and the Shield-backed Grasshoppers. I. The Meadozv Grasshoppers. —Under this head can be classed our most common members of the family; they abound upon grass in meadows and in moist places. Figure 128 represents one ^^^- '.>/i;v//«;«. of these insects. II. The Katydids,—The chances are that he who lies awake of a midsummer night must listen whether he wishes to do so or not, to an oft-repeated, rasping song that says, " Katy did, Katy did; she did, she didn't,'* over and over again. There is no use of wondering what Katy did or didn't do, for no mortal will ever know. If, when the dawn comes, the listener has eyes sharp enough to discern one of these singers among the leaves of some neighboring tree, never a note of explanation will he get. The beautiful, finely- veined wings folded close over the body keep the secret hid- den, and the long antennae, looking like threads of living silk, will wave airily above the droll, green eyes as much as to say, " Wouldn't you like to know?" The katydids live only on trees, and sing only during the night. There are several species of katydids common in the United States. The Western and Southern species, called the Angular-winged Katydid, Microcentrum retinervis (Mic-ro-cen'trum ret-i^ner- vis) lays its eggs in neat rows upon leaves and branches ; the eggs are oval, and each overlaps its neighbor slightly. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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