Guide to the study of insects and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops, for the use of colleges, farm-schools, and agriculturists . ) V,i I .??\ V- If,.-;. y^ ^•; ?::.:? QN^ ORTHOPTERA. 557 As in the Coleoptera, the prothorax is greatly developedover the other segments, and the mesothorax is rather smallerthan the metathoracic ring. The pronotum is very large,broad,and flattened above, while the other two segments areconcealed by the wings when at rest, and the parts are softand membranous. The sternum of each ring is very large,broad and flat, resembling that of Libell
Guide to the study of insects and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops, for the use of colleges, farm-schools, and agriculturists . ) V,i I .??\ V- If,.-;. y^ ^•; ?::.:? QN^ ORTHOPTERA. 557 As in the Coleoptera, the prothorax is greatly developedover the other segments, and the mesothorax is rather smallerthan the metathoracic ring. The pronotum is very large,broad,and flattened above, while the other two segments areconcealed by the wings when at rest, and the parts are softand membranous. The sternum of each ring is very large,broad and flat, resembling that of Libellula, while the twofore pairs of legs are normal in size, though the fore legs areoften raptorial, as in Mantis ; or fossorial, as in hinder pair are enormously developed for leaping purposes. The fore wings are generally long and narrow, somewhatthickened, like parchment, or thin, transparent, and more orless rounded, while the hind pair are broad and large,folding in longitudinal plaits on the back. Both wings arenet-veined, but not so much so as in the Neuroptera, as thelongitudinal veins are larger and more regula
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