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Dec. 27 /67/ Mr Trimen says at Cape an Orthoptera — Pneumora in male abdomen whole body wonderfully distended with air, & a little file-like apparatus for legs to rub against -makes wonderful noises — as if their bodies connected with — Double Drums. S Says Libellulæ attack Butterflies — & thinks attracted by colours to bug??

[in margin:] Westwood p 466 Vol. 2 is one of Locustidæ

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Thunberg P. sexguttata Act. Suecica Swedish 1775. VII & 3 or 4 other species — Perhaps he will describe females - Westwood does describe enough; wings & wing-covers very small

 

On singing of Insects Westwood

Latreille Mém du Museum Tom VIII?

Annales Soc. Ent de France 1837

Lehmann, De Sensibus Ins. p. 23 — experiments showing how far off insect can hear. 1798 Linn Soc.

not in Library

Westwood, John Obadiah. 1839-1840. An introduction to the modern classification of insects. 2 vols. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans. vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF