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arcMS of corn aiul otlu-r crops, part-iculHrly in the mountainous regions 

 of till' Northwest. It is a rather small s])ecics (Fig. 127), about an inch 



long to the tips of 

 the closed wings, 

 which an^ conspic- 

 uously marked with 

 large dark spots, 

 with yellowish 

 brown spaces be- 

 tweiMi. The back 

 of the closed wings 

 is bordered each side 

 by a yellowish 

 stripe. The eggs 

 are laid in the 

 ground in fall in 

 the usual ])odlike 

 masses, about 

 twenty or thii'ty in each mass. They hatch latv in May and in June, 

 and the adult stage is reached in the North al)()ut July 1. 



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Fill. 127. The Clo;u-\viii)Jco(l (irasshopiicr, (Uitnutila pflliiciiln. 

 Twico iintiinil size. 



TuK liiRi) (iiiAssirorri'ius. 



Schistoccrcn articricaiut l)ru. 

 SchiMaccrca ahUarai iFarr. 



Thes^ immMisi^ grasshoppers, two or three inches long to tlu> wing 

 tips, are nuich the largest in Illinois. They are connnon only in the 

 southei'ii half of the state and in tlu> southei-n |)art of the country gener- 



V\o. 12S. Tlio ("oiutiKiii Hinl Cirjissliopjior, Srhistocrrca amerirtUM. Slightly 

 onlnrgod. 



ally. They feed freely on the l(>aves of corn, l)ut as they dev(^lop late 

 in the season tlu>ir injuries, even when severe, reduce the yield but 

 little except for fodd(>r. SHiistoccrca anicn'cana (Fig. 12S) is very similar 

 to the dr(>ad(>d migi-atory locust of th(> ( Md \\'(Mld and is clos(>ly related 

 to it. It never becomes excessively abundant, but occasionally moves 

 short distances in swarms or Mights in search of food. 



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