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1. Locusta Carolina* Carolina locust. 



Pale yellowish brown, with small dusky spots; wings black, 

 with a broad yellow hind margin, which is covered with dusky 

 spots at the tip. Length from 1 to 1| inch; exp. 2| to above 

 3i inches. 



A more detailed description of 'this large, common, and well- 

 known species is unnecessary. The Carolina locust is found 

 in abundance by the road-side, from the middle to the end of 

 summer. It generally makes use of its large and handsome 

 wings in moving from place to place. It is frequently found 

 in company with the red-legged locust in the vicinity of salt 

 marshes, but it generally prefers warm and dry situations. 

 Pairing takes place with this species in the months of Sep- 

 tember and October, immediately after which the female 

 prepares to lay her eggs. These are deposited at the bottom 

 of a cylindrical hole in the ground, made in the manner 

 already described, and are not hatched till the following spring. 

 The abdomen of the female admits of being greatly extended 

 in length ; hence she frequently deposits her eggs at the depth 

 of nearly two inches beneath the surface of the soil. 



2. Locusta corallina. Coral- winged locust. 



Light brown; spotted with dark brown on the wing-covers; 

 wings light vermilion or coral-red, with an external dusky 

 border, which is wide and paler at the tip, narrowed and 

 darker behind; hind shanks yellow with black-tipped spines. 

 Length 1 to 1] inch; exp. 2\ to 2% inches. 



This species closely resembles the Acridium tiibercnlatuin of 

 Palisot de Beauvois, which seems to be the (Edipoda discoidea 

 of Serville, found in the Southern States, of a much larger 

 size than the coral-winged locust, and having the wings of a 

 much deeper and duller red color, and the blackish border not 

 so much narrowed behind. It cannot be mistaken for the 

 fenestralis, which M. Serville describes as having the antennas 

 nearly as long as the body, whereas in this species they are 

 not half that length. The coral-winged locust is the first that 



* Gryllus Locusta Carolinics, Linnaeus. 



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