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ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



spines; cerci of male narrowing from tip to base and subgenital plate 

 narrower at apex than at base. 



Fig. 64. — Red-legged grasshopper {Melanoplus fernur-r ubrum) : Above, adult 

 male; below, adult female. About twice natural size. (After W. R. Walton, U. S. 

 Bur. Ent.) 



Fig. 65. — Locust ovipositing; egg pod in ground at right. Enlarged one-half. 

 {After Gibson, Ent. Circ. 5, Dept. Agric, Ottawa.) 



Eggs. — Deposited in pod-like masses in the ground; oblong-oval. 

 Nymphs. — Vary in size according to age and month; all stages of 

 developing wings; grey to yellow; five moults. 



