CHAPTER XII 



OETHOPTEEA CONTINUED ACEIDIIDAE 



Fam. VI. Acridiidae Locusts and Grasshoppers. 



Orthoptera with the hind legs differing from the others hy being 

 more elongate and having their femora hroader near the 

 hase. Antennae short, with less than 30 Joints. No 

 exserted, ovipositor in female. Tarsi short, with three 

 distinct joints. The auditory organ placed on the side of 

 the wpper part of the first abdominal segment. 



Fig. 165. Tryxalis nasuta, female. Natural size. Europe. 



We commence the consideration of the saltatorial Orthoptera 

 with the family Acridiidae. It includes the grasshoppers of our 

 native fields as well as the destructive migratory locusts of 

 foreign countries, and is the most numerous in species and indi- 

 viduals of any of the Orthopterous families. Our native grass- 

 hoppers, though of small size, give a very good idea of the 

 Acridiidae. Active little Insects, with large head, conspicuous 



