But no--it is not there; it is to the left now--unless it is to the right--or behind....

Complete confusion! It is impossible to detect, by means of the ear, the direction from which the chirp really comes.

Much patience and many precautions will be required before you can capture the insect by the light of the lantern.

A few specimens caught under these conditions and placed in a cage have taught me the little I know concerning the musician who so perfectly deceives our ears.
The wing-covers are both formed of a dry, broad membrane, diaphanous and as fine as the white skin on the outside of an onion, which is capable of vibrating over its whole area.

Their shape is that of the segment of a circle, cut away at the upper end.