In vain did the latter squeak and gesticulate; the other never loosed its hold, but plunged its head into the entrails of the victim and removed them by little mouthfuls.
[Illustration: 1.

THE CIGALE LAYING HER EGGS.
2.

THE GREEN GRASSHOPPER, THE FALSE CIGALE OF THE NORTH, DEVOURING THE TRUE CIGALE, A DWELLER IN THE SOUTH.] This was instructive.

The attack was delivered high up above my head, in the early morning, while the Cigale was resting; and the struggles of the unfortunate creature as it was dissected alive had resulted in the fall of assailant and assailed together.

Since then I have often been the witness of similar assassinations.
I have even seen the grasshopper, full of audacity, launch itself in pursuit of the Cigale, who fled in terror.