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Others have narrow fore wings and appear to prefer bushes or tall weeds 

 and grass as their abiding places (Fig. 66). The meadow grasshoppers 

 resemble the narrow-winged katydids but average smaller and are most 



Fig. 65. — Broad-wiuged Katydid {Amhlycorypha rotundifolia Scudd.), 



(Original.) 



natural size. 



abundant in fields and pastures, particularly where the grass is thick and 

 tall. In most members of the group the ovipositor is long or at least 

 large enough to be quite noticeable. 



Fig. 66. 



Narrow-winged Katydid (Scudderia curvicauda De G.), slightly enlarged. 

 (Original.) 



Some of the Tettigoniids are wingless and come out only at night, 

 hiding under logs, stones or in dark places during the day. They are of 

 various shades of brown or gray, and the species found in different parts 

 of the country vary much in appearance (Fig. 67). They are called 

 ''wingless grasshoppers," "camel crickets," "shield-backed grasshop-. 



