The singing insects of America are peculiar to particular localities.

But the Eastern states have perhaps the most curious insect of this kind.

It is called the Katydid.

This name is spelt either Katydid, or Catydid--though the former spelling is preferable.

Katy, or Katie, is the abbreviation of the name Catherine; very few girls are called by the full name Catherine, also spelt Katherine; because the name is long and unmusical, their friends address them usually as Katy, and their acquaintances, as Kate.