. British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects. e old wooden buildings,were swarming with them; the cracks and crevices weresurprisingly full; they dropped out in such multitudesthat the floors were covered; the linen, of which theyare very fond (!) was likewise full, as was also thefurniture, and it was with caution that people eat theirprovisions, for the cupboards and safes were plentifullystocked with the disagreeable intruders. Some doubt has been entertained as to whether thecommon Earwig ever flies, but it has been found underci
. British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects. e old wooden buildings,were swarming with them; the cracks and crevices weresurprisingly full; they dropped out in such multitudesthat the floors were covered; the linen, of which theyare very fond (!) was likewise full, as was also thefurniture, and it was with caution that people eat theirprovisions, for the cupboards and safes were plentifullystocked with the disagreeable intruders. Some doubt has been entertained as to whether thecommon Earwig ever flies, but it has been found undercircumstances which render this probable. It may bethat it flies by night, as the lesser Earwig [Labia minor)is known to do, these having been observed returning innumbers to their home after the days work. The Forficula auricularia and Labia minor are the onlyBritish species common. The latter appears to inhabitdunghills and hotbeds. The Forficesila gigantea is alarge species which has been found on the sand atChristchurch, but is considered a doubtful native. Theapterous earwig is also not common. 113. CHAPTER VIII. ORDER III. ORTHOPTERA. Orthoptera is the last Order of biting insects in whichthe bind wings are protected by any kind of wing-case ;and the parchment-hke and closely-veined tegmina, asthese are called, seem to form a step between the hornyelytra of the Beetle and Earwigs, and the clear and much-veined wings of insects in the succeeding Orders. Theydiffer also in position, the wing-cases in Orthoptera over-lapping each other when at rest, while the elytra of Ear-wigs and Beetles (with a few exceptions) meet in astraight line down the back. The curious Leaf insects, and Walking-sticks, and thePraying Mantis, are members of the order which haveno representatives in this country; and indeed theorthopterous insects known in England are but few, con-sisting only of the Cockroaches (the Blackbeetles ofthe kitchen). Crickets, Grasshoppers, and Locusts. In this order (as in
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