229 



^<)Ull;;■ pliuits gnawed al tlic l)asc hy a hiaciv hccllc a lillli ol an inch 

 loufi;, jslij^lilly lir-onzcd, difty, t>v wliilc hairy, willi niarj'iii.s ol" lliorax 

 toothed MyorlirnuN (Icnlirollis, \). \{):\ 



Stjilk pciKit rated and Imrrowed hy an eloni!;ate larva. S 



S. Ijarva, hard, sinootli, sliininfi;, cylindrieal, hrowii or yellowish 



Wirewornis, i'^ifihteenth l{(^|)ort, p. 2S 



Lai'Vii, soft, yellowish white, with l)rown head, and hrown patch at tip of 

 body The Soiithei'n ('orii Hoot-wofni, iOijihteenth Kepoft, p. 1 Ki 



Tiih; Li'iAK-ioATiNi; ( )irrii()i"i'r:i{A ok 'I'irio Vohm J*' hold. 



Antenna- not, over half as lonjf as the hodv; color usually brownish {Acriiiidd, 

 pp. (14, i;}(), 212). 2 



.Vnlenna' at least as loiif^ as t he hody ; colors j^reen or i!;reenish (Meadow (ii'ass- 

 hop|)ers, Katydids, and Walking-sticks). f) 



2. Winf;s neaily or (|uite as loiif; as the abdomen. \i 

 Winjfs not over half as long as the abdomen. 4 



3. Smaller species about an (ughth of an inch wide 



The lied-legged (Jrasshopijer, pj). f)7, \'MS 



Tlu! licsser (irasslujpper, p|). (57, Kit) 



The Rocky Mountain (!rasshopper, p. l."{() 



Tlie Clear-wingetl (Irasshopper, ]). !.'{!) 



lio(ij>(il(>ti iiiibUuui (west em), !»• 212 



Larger species a (|uarler of an inch, or more, wide 



The ( )li\(! (Jrasshoppei', pp. ()7, \'M\ 



The Two-striped (Jrassho])per, ])p. ()7, \'M') 



The liird (Jrasshoppers, p[). ()7, 1 40 



Dinaosteira lom/ipennis (western), p. 213 



4. (Irass-green (l<'ig. 130) The Small Green Grasshopper, p. 142 



Camp!/lnraiil}i(i olivacea, p. 213 



Green or brown (Kig. 224) Divli minor plia, viridis, p. 212 



Dark brownish Afihuiophis sniddcn, j). 142 



5. Winged .species. (i 

 Wingless sjxicies. 7 



f). Wings green, hind legs two or tiirec iIlch(^s long, ovipositor pointed up- 

 wards (Fig. 131). Kat leaves and soft kernels, and insert flatten<'d 

 eggs in edge of (he leaf Katydids, p. 143 



Wings merely tinted with green, hind legs about an inch and a half long, 

 ovipositor curved (Kig. 132, 133). I'^at leaves, silks, and young ker- 

 nels. Deposit eggs in stalk of tassel (Fig. 134) 



The J^arger Meadow Grasshoppers, p. 144 



Wings tinted with green, hind legs not over an inch long, ovipositor nearly 

 straight, often very long (Fig. 135). Leaves, husks, and grain eaten. 



The Smaller Meadow (irasshopjx'rs, p. 147 



7. barge, wingless, heavy-bodied grasshoppers, migrating in hordes and de- 

 stroying vegetation. Western The Great Plains (yHcket, j). 14S 



V('ry slender cvlindrical insects with very long legs and no wings (Fig. 

 222) ; '.Th(! Frairi.! Walking-stick, p. 21 1 



Snout-ueetles Injurious to Coun. 



Beetles with head drawn out in the form of a- curved cylindrical beaiv, or snout, 



with a pair of minute jaws at its tip. 

 Wing-covers rather distinctly ridged, punctured, and striated; surfaci; often 



coated with a hard earthen crust (Fig. 27 34, Tlie Corn Hill-bugs, p. 52). 2 



Smoother snout-beetles, over half an inch long, slender, covered only with a 



whitish or yellowish bloom easily rubbed off (Fig. 99). 3 

 Small snout-beetle, an eighth of an inch long, which punctures the corn leaf- 

 sheath Limnobaris dephinatii, p. 193 



2. A large clay-yellow species over half an inch long, found on swampy 



ground (PI. III., upper figure; Fig. 29) 



The Clay-colored Hill-bug {Sphenophorus ochreus), p. 52 



Medium-sized black s|)ecies frecjuent on corn, with at least three smooth 



ridges on the thora.x (Fig. 2S, 30-34) 



Various ('orn Hill-bugs {Sphcnnphorusi) , p. 52 



A small black species a quarter of an inch long, with a fin(>, smooth me- 

 dian ridge on its otherwise evenly punctured thorax (Fig. 27) 



Th(^ Timothy liill-bug {Sphrnophorus parvuhiH), p. 52 



3. The bloom bright yellow Lixus concavus, p. 1 14 



The bloom whitish lAxns mucidus, p. 1 14 



