6 FARMERS’ BULLETIN 747. 
The red-legged grasshopper (fig. 6) is one of the most widely 
distributed of all the injurious species. It is a small, yellowish 
insect, having its legs partly tinged with a bright reddish hue. Its 
back is brownish and the hind wings are colorless. It is found in 
considerable numbers throughout the entire United States, southern 
Canada, and north- 
ern Mexico, and is 
known to injure 
seriously wheat, 
corn, bluegrass, 
oats, rye, timothy, 
and soy beans. 
The California 
devastating grass- 
hopper (fig. 7) is a 
rather small species 
resembling some- 
what the common 
red - legged grass- 
hopper, but its in- 
Fig. 6.—Red-legged grasshopper (Melanoplus femur-rubrum) : jurious work is con- 
Aboye, adult male; below, adult female. About twice fined to the western 
natural size. (Original.) aed States, ne 
especially California, where it frequently injures severely the alfalfa 
crop. 
The Carolina grasshopper (fig. 8) is of moderate to rather large 
size, and is usually of a plain pepper-and-salt color, sometimes vary- 
ing, in accordance with the soil upon which it is found, from gray 
through yellowish to a distinctly 
reddish color. Its hind wings are 
nearly black but are margined with 
yellow. Thus it is rendered in- 
conspicuous while sitting upon the 
eround but catches the eye im- 
mediately upon taking flight. It 
is very widely distributed through- re. 7,—Canfornia devastating grass- 
out the entire United States hopper (Melanoplus devastator) : Adult 
: Phate - male. About twice natural size. (Orig- 
and is known to injure seriously  jnai.) 
corn, wheat, alfalfa, and soy beans. 
The pellucid or clear-winged grasshopper (fig. 9) is a small species 
having its hind, or true, wings clear or pellucid, while the front wings 
are distinctly blotched with brown. It is at times one of the most 
injurious species found within the limits of the United States. It 
has been especially injurious in the States of Idaho, Utah, and Cali- 
fornia, but is also found in Arizona and New Mexico. It is dis- 
