Plate XL 

 Prairie Species 



Differential Grasshopper, Melanoplus differ entialis, female. 

 (Riley.) 



Common Meadow Grasshopper, Orchelimum vulgare, female. 

 Enlarged as indicated. (Lugger, Rep. Ent. Minn. Exp. 

 Sta.) 



Two-striped Grasshopper, Melanoplus bivittatus, female. 

 (Riley.) 



Common Meadow Grasshopper, Orchelimum vulgare, male. En- 

 larged as indicated. (Lugger, I.e.) 



.Meadow Cricket, (Ecanthus, eggs and punctures: a, stem show- 

 ing punctures; b, twig split to show eggs; c, a single egg; 

 <l. cap of egg enlarged. (Riley, Rep. State Ent. Mo.) 

 Fig. 6. Dorsal-striped Grasshopper, XipMdium strictum, female. 

 Pig. 7. Lance-tail Grasshopper, XipMdium attenuatum, female. En- 

 larged as indicated. (Lugger, 1. c.) 



