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cies. Mr. S, I, Smith has observed a female of this specdes 

 "with the ovipositor forced down between the root-leaves and 

 the stalk of a species of Audropogon, where the eggs are 

 probabi}^ deposited." 



Xiphidinm is a genus of smaller size, with the ovi[)ositor 

 nearly straight. X. fasciatnm Serville is green, with a brown 

 stripe on the head and thorax. It is common in gardens. 

 According to Hagen and fScudder an undescribed species of 

 Xiphidinm makes longitudinal punctures in the pith of the 

 Cotton plant. 



In Orchdimmn the ovipositor is large, ensiform, and up- 

 curved. 0. vuJgare Harris is very common northward ; it is 

 pale green, with two brown stripes on the head and tliorax. It 

 has a large transparent shrilling organ, and is a more roljust 

 form than the pi'eceding species. Locusta viridi.Hsima Linn, is 

 a common form in Europe. Westwood states that '■'Ili/perho- 

 mala vlrescens Boisd. from New Guinea, is distinguished by the 

 prothorax extending completely over the abdomen like a pair 

 of elytra," and that ComJi/Iodera tricondyloides from Java, in 

 the elongated, constricted prothorax and fine blue colors, ex- 

 actly imitates the Cicindelous genus Tricondyla. 



AcRYDii Latreille. Grasshoppers have the bod^^ much com- 

 pressed, the head large, the front vertical, the ocelli generally 

 present, while the antennae are short, the greatest number of 

 joints being twenty-four. The prothorax is very large, some- 

 times reaching beyond the abdomen, and the wings are 

 deflexed ; the hind legs are enlarged for leaping, and the tarsi 

 are three-jointed. The stridnlating noise is produced by rub- 

 bing the thighs against the fore wings, which are long and 

 narrow, while the hind wings are broadly triangular. The ovi- 

 positor, with its accessory pieces, consists of a subgenital 

 plate formed by the seventh sternite ; the ninth segment is 

 complete, and the blades (tergo-rhabdites) composing the ovi- 

 positor consist of three secondary pieces united together be- 

 tween them. These rhabdites are short, thick, somewhat 

 conical, and corneous. The eggs are laid in a cocoon-shaped 

 mass covered with a tough glutinous secretion, and containing 

 from fifty to one hundred eggs. The pupai are distinguished 



