THE CORAL-WING LOCUST 



April 1 4th 



HE conspicuous insects are few 

 and far between at this early 

 season, and are mostly confined 

 to the Antiopa and related 

 Semicolon, Comma, and Red 

 Admiral butterflies. But for 

 two weeks past, almost any 

 bright sunny day in the woods 



we may have surprised an agile bit of life that 

 starts up, perhaps from an unseen source at our feet 

 in the wood path, and speeds like a rosy streak across 

 the dry leaves, its flight accompanied with a sharp rat- 

 tle, which can be distinctly heard for two or three 

 rods. Though you note the precise spot where the 

 rosy gleam seems to meet the ground beyond, it will 

 take a sharp eye to locate it definitely until its blos- 

 soming wings once more flash in flight. " A tiger- 

 moth ! " I exclaimed, when I first saw it, as, with eager 

 net, I captured the prize, which proved to be only 

 the coral -winged grasshopper, or more correctly, lo- 

 cust. There can be no mistake as to the "voice" of 



