hoptera would sound better.

And that is what we name them, the _Jumping Orthoptera_.

How many kinds of Jumping Orthoptera are we acquainted with, Ned? Now,
think before you speak.

He says we know the shorthorned grasshoppers, or locusts, the
longhorned, or meadow, grasshoppers, and the crickets.

Very well done, Ned.

May wants to know what has become of the katydids and the cricket-like
grasshoppers--she thinks Ned has left them out.

Ned says they belong to the longhorned grasshoppers.

Now you shall have a list of the Orthoptera that will help you to
remember them.

If we can group together things that are like each other, it is easier
to remember them.

ORDER ORTHOPTERA.

_Running Orthoptera._
Cockroaches, Croton Bugs.
_Grasping Orthoptera._
Praying Mantis.
_Walking Orthoptera._
Walking Sticks.
_Jumping Orthoptera._
Shorthorned Grasshoppers, or Locusts.
Longhorned, or Meadow, Grasshoppers.
Crickets.

There are a great many species of Orthoptera in the world, and we have
seen but a very few of them.

But I can tell you, we feel a little better acquainted with you
orthopterous fellows than we did.

The dragon fly says we have not given him a place.

But, dear dragon fly, you belong to another family. You are not an
orthopterous insect.

Your order is called the ODO-NA-TA.

The wings of the Odonata are very different from those of the
Orthoptera.

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You remember how they are?

Yes, Ned, they are stiff and covered with a close network of fine veins,
and all four of them are alike.

No wing covers, you see.

I do not know why they have the name Odonata.

The young Odonata are not like their parents, excepting that they have a
head, a thorax with six legs, and an abdomen. But they certainly do not
look like their parents!

No, John, the May flies do not belong to the Odonata. Their wings are
quite different.

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Do you not remember how small the hind wings are?

The name of their order is EPH-E-MER-I-DA.

There is a big name for a little insect!

It comes from the Greek word _ephemeros_, and you know what it means.

What? Has everybody forgotten about the dainty little ephemerae, that
live but a day?

That is what _ephemeros_ means, lasting but a day.

The stone flies have four wings, but they are not like those of the
Odonata, or of the Ephemerida.

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