CHAPTER XIII 



OETHOPTEEA CONTINUED LOCUSTIDAE, GREEN 



GRASSHOPPERS, KATYDIDS 



Fam. VII. Locustidae Green Grasshoppers. 



Orthoptera, with very long delicate antennae composed of many more 

 than thirty joints ; hind legs longer than the others, thicker 

 at the base. Tarsi with four joints. Front tibiae usually 

 provided with tympanal organs placed below the knee ; stridu- 

 lating apparatus of males, when present, situate on the basal 

 part of the tegmina. Females usually with an elongate ex- 

 serted ovipositor, formed by the apposition of six pieces. 

 Wingless forms numerous. 



FIG. 187. Cyrtophyttus crepitans, male. West Indies. 



AN unfortunate confusion has long existed as to the term 

 Locustidae, and has resulted in the application of the name to a 

 group of Insects that contains none of the locusts of ordinary 

 language. Some entomologists therefore use the term Phasgonu- 

 ridea for this family, but the great majority prefer the term 

 Locustidae. 



The Locustidae are, as a rule, more fragile Insects than the 



