The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . erior divisions of »c«ing»fir, ^^^ tonguelet shorter than the lateral; thean- tenns inserted m front of the eyes, and the head nearly ovoid, porrected, with the mandibles thick, andthe palpi compressed. These insects are of very sin-gular form, and resemble either the twigs or leaves oftrees. ITiey appear to feed only on vegetables, and,like many of the Grasshoppers, their colours resemblethose of the plant on
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . erior divisions of »c«ing»fir, ^^^ tonguelet shorter than the lateral; thean- tenns inserted m front of the eyes, and the head nearly ovoid, porrected, with the mandibles thick, andthe palpi compressed. These insects are of very sin-gular form, and resemble either the twigs or leaves oftrees. ITiey appear to feed only on vegetables, and,like many of the Grasshoppers, their colours resemblethose of the plant on which they ordinarily reside;the two sexes often differ very widely from each other. They form the subgenus Spectrum, Stoll,— Which has been divided into two others. Pbasmay Fab., comprises the species which have thebody filiform or linear, similar to a stick, many ofwhich are entirely destitute of wings, or have the wing-rovers ver>short. Many large species are found in theMoluccas, and South America. P. RossiOy Fab., in-habits the South of France. Phi/Ilium, Illig., has the body very flat and membranous, .and the feet fu.
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