SUBFAMILY II. OEDIPODIX-IO. 



This is the'H. tubcrculatus Beauv. of most authors, including 

 myself ( I'M!.",, 205). K. & H. (1!)lOa, 030) have shown that Beau- 

 vois (1805, 145) gave the name of a European species, Gryllus tu- 



Fig. gS. Hippiscits apicnlatus (Harris). 

 Nymph. (After Lugger.) 



Fig. 97. Female. (After Lugger.) 



Itcrculutits Fab., to a figure of our American insect, supposing 

 them to be identical. They have therefore substituted the next 

 oldest name, aiticnlntus Harris, for tuhcrcuhitiis. 



The female of the coral-winged locust is the largest and most 

 bulky of our Indiana Oedipodinre. The males, as the measure- 

 ments show, are much smaller. 

 This locust probably occurs 

 throughout the State, but is 

 most abundant in the south- 

 ern or driftless portion, where 

 the soil is poor and the hills 

 high, and in the northwest 

 portion, where the sand cov- 

 ered area is extensive. It has 

 not been noted in the richer and more level regions of the central 

 and eastern portions of the State. The winter is passed in the 

 nymph stage, the young being "curious little depressed, toad-like 

 objects" (Fig. 98) of a dull leaden color. Mature examples have 

 been taken in Monroe County as early as April 20th, and in Craw- 

 ford County as late as July 10th. The northern exam] ties are 

 smaller, darker colored, and may probably be found a month later. 

 This locust frequents, for the most part, timothy meadows, up- 

 land pastures, roadsides, and especially bare or scantily vegetated 

 slopes and sandy plains. When in flight it is very conspicuous, 

 owing to its large size and bright-colored inner wings. The males 

 are ready and active flyers, moving rapidly for quite a distance, 

 making, meanwhile, a loud rattling note which can be heard at a 

 distance of several rods. The females seldom take to wing, but 

 leap clumsily when approached, and are more readily captured. 

 The head, pronotum and hind femora are often largely greenish. 

 H. (ipici/Idtns occurs throughout New England and ranges 

 from Maine and Montreal north and northwest to Hudson Bay, 



