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ing it for that purpose. (Fig. 46.) So far as observed, only two kinds 

 of grasshoppers 1 are injurious to tobacco in North Carolina. The 



Fig. 46— Tobacco Leaf injured by Grasshoppers, reduced. 

 (Photograph by the author.) 



chief offender in this respect is the red-legged locust. (Fig. 47.) 

 This insect is a small grayish-brown, short-horned locust or grass- 

 hopper with no conspicuous markings save a pair of bright-red hind 

 legs. This grasshopper has a single generation each year. Eggs are 

 laid bv the female in the fall, and these do not hatch until the follow- 





Fig. 47— The Red-legged Grasshopper, enlarged. 

 (Photograph by the author.) 



ing spring. Usually the female selects a hard spot of ground, espe- 

 cially covered with vegetation, and drills a small hole about the 

 diameter of her body and deep enough to hold from two to three 

 dozen eggs. These eggs are laid singly and covered with a water- 



^Melanoplus femur-rubrum and Trimerotropis citrina. 



