. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. NEUEOPTEKS, OR NET-WINGED INSECTS. 175 the autumn. These insects are about an inch and a half long, and the wings shut around the body like the two valves of a pea-pod. They produce sounds resem- bling the words " Katy ; These are made by means of a thin membrane stretched in a strong frame which is situated in the overlapping portion of each wing-cover. The rubbing of the frames against each other, as the insect opens
. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. NEUEOPTEKS, OR NET-WINGED INSECTS. 175 the autumn. These insects are about an inch and a half long, and the wings shut around the body like the two valves of a pea-pod. They produce sounds resem- bling the words " Katy ; These are made by means of a thin membrane stretched in a strong frame which is situated in the overlapping portion of each wing-cover. The rubbing of the frames against each other, as the insect opens and shuts its wings, makes the sounds. MIGRATORY LOCUSTS. These are grasshopper-like insects which have the antennae short, and no long organ for laying eggs. The kinds are many, and some of the tropical ones are. Fig. 330. — Clouded Locust. three or four inches long. The most common grass- hoppers of the United States belong in this group, and are familiarly known as the Red-legged Locust, Caro- lina Locust, Coral-winged Locust, Yellow-winged Lo- cust, and Clouded Locust. NET-WINGED INSECTS, OR NEUROPTERS. These insects have four thin, finely net-veined wings, stout jaws, and no sting. In the larva state they live in the water. The Stone-Plies, Figure 331, and Ephem- eras, Figure 332, have long appendages at the hind part of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy (Gove) 1836-. New York, Scribner, Armstrong
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