Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1817-05-28
|all the males within hearing; and,

frequently WINCH eh1O eOus SobiH mas
obtained its mates appreciation, an
allured by the concert.
which is easily distinguishc.n, chal-
lenges the hero to combat, and fight
is often long and desperate as the
victory always conlers an interesting
reward.
When CESSATION is fully accomplish
% which is generally two or three
days after they have assumed the
lying. state, the female prepares to
deposit, her burden ; and, although
her body Ices not annear greatly dis.
tended, yet she generally lays but
ITO eggs. The egg is of white co.
lor, and about a line in length, ant
one third OF a line 10 diameter. Ma,
ture has wonderfully provided hel
with an instrument in her tail, some.
what resembling two edged sword.
which, like the srassl'opper, she can
sheath and unshcath at pleasure with
this she preforatcs the tender twigs Of
such trees as well afford a convenient
indus for the eggs. and deposits them
oy fourteen or is, under the bark, in
the form ofthe letter Y and sometimes
she pierces through lwig one fourth
of an inch thick. After she has care
fully deposited her eggs in the small
branches. a sudden blast OF wind fire.
quently lops off the branch she has
chosen Tor the residence.
!" 1t ID ~ that the parent pro-
Ivides for succession of the species,
in which employment it is generally
busted until about the 10th day Of her
moth state, seldom if ever feeding on
any thing but the early dew. For,
as they fly in such numbers, (and al
ways carelessly without leader, as
is usual with the eastern lo"usls) were
they to feed on the plants The damage
must certainly be observable; ana as
they live in the moth state twelve or
thirteen days, il is probable they have
a portion OF the dew of heaven for
their sustenance. Then they dry up
as tie silk worm motll---tIie male be-
coming superanuated z or days be-
fore the female.
Having pursued the locust
Through its several moth stages, the
numerous offspring it has deposited in
the slender twigs of trees. have still
some claim to an investigation. The
eggs are Of SO cylindrical a form,
rounded 1T the ends, and are Of such
u consistcnce that they require hard
pressure between the fingers to crush
Ithem.--The substance within, as in
most other small eggs, is white,
transparent, and viscious iiuid. In a.
bout the space Of fourteen days, from
the time of their first reing left by
the parent. the egg produces viii
fish insect, somewhat larger than the
silk worm when fresh hatehed which
leaves the branch, where the nest was
and dropping on the ground either
cutters the hole through which the old
locust issued, or turns the earth aside
|at'resh, and ent0mbs itself there, TO
undergo the Hetaniorphosis of its
ancestors.
SIN digging wells, cellars &c. in
America, insects OF every different
appearances have been discovered.
some twenty feet deep, which have
been supposed TO be Of this Species
Iothers have been discovered nearer
the surface, ofwlich no doubt remains
but that they are the grub of the To-
cust--and early in the spring. previ-
Gus TO their assuming the moth state,
the plough share often furnishes the
|biachbiri' which follows lie plough
'nan, with rich repast Of them, for
which, by his clamors and fluttcrlngs,
be endeayours to. express his ohliga-
liions. Varieties Of this genus ap-
pears annually. they are in general
imurh larger than the cicada septcni.
I'ieciln, and Of a :,resish east ; ths
dark brown Or amber color wIlicll
the others have. appearing in Ties.
'aotled with IA dry white.''
Mind.
/ The gentle mind IL i;ke tha on,oott