CHAPTER XII 



ORTHOPTERA CONTINUED ACKIDIIDAE 



Fam. VI. Acridiidae Locusts and Grasshoppers. 



Orthoptera with the hind legs differing from the others by being 

 more elongate and having their femora broader near the 

 base. Antennae short, with less than 30 joints. JVb 

 exserted ovipositor in female. Tarsi short, with three 

 distinct joints. The auditory organ placed on the side of 

 the upper part of the first abdominal segment. 



FIG. 165. Tryxalis nasuta, female. Natural size. Europe. 



WE commence the consideration of the saltatorial Orthoptera 

 with the family Acridiidae. It includes the grasshoppers of our 

 native fields as well as the destructive migratory locusts of 

 foreign countries, and is the most numerous in species and indi- 

 viduals of any of the Orthopterous families. Our native grass- 

 hoppers, though of small size, give a very good idea of the 

 Acridiidae. Active little Insects, with large head, conspicuous 



