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FAMILY v.— GEDIPODINvE. 



angled behind. Wing-covers narrow; costal half green, 

 sutural half brownish. Wings with dilute coloring, nebu- 

 lous; costa with a dusky stigma ; ulnar area dilated. The 

 intercalary vein of the tegmina running midway between 

 the median and ulnar veins, only apically a little ajjproxi- 

 niating the former; veins of the wings slightly or scarcely 

 incrassate. In coloration, dichromatism, form of head and 

 character of haunts it is intermediate between the CEdipo- 

 dhife and the TryxRlinse, with which it was formerly classed. 



THE GREEN-STRIPED LOCUST. 



{Chortophaga. viridifasciata DeGeer). 



This common locust is exceedingly variable, and a num- 

 ber of varieties occur, which shade into each other. Two 



Fig. 83. — Chortophasa viridifasciata, form virginiana, male. Original. 



well marked varieties are found, the green form {virginiana 

 Fab.), and the browm form (/ii/wscata Harris). This dichro- 



