176 ORTHOPTERA. 



1. Locusta Carolina.* n Carolina Locust (Plate III. Fig. 3.) 



Pale yellowish brown, with small dusky spots ; wings 

 black, with a broad yellow hind margin, which is covered 

 with dusky spots at the tip. Length from 1 to 1 inch ; exp. 

 2 f to above 8 inches. 



A more detailed description of this large, common, and 

 well-known species is unnecessary. The Carolina locust is 

 found in abundance by the road-side, from the middle to the 

 end of summer. It generally makes use of its large and 

 handsome wings in moving from place to place. It is fre- 

 quently found in company with the red-legged locust in the 

 vicinity of salt-marshes, but it generally prefers warm and 

 dry situations. Pairing takes place with this species in the 

 months of September and October, immediately after which 

 the female prepares to lay her eggs. These are deposited at 

 the bottom of a cylindrical hole in the ground, made in the 

 manner already described, and are not hatched till the fol- 

 lowing spring. The abdomen of the female admits of being 

 greatly extended in length ; hence she frequently deposits 

 her eggs at the depth of nearly two inches beneath the sur- 

 face of the soil. 



2. Locusta coraUina. Coral-winged Locust. 



Light brown ; spotted with dark brown on the wing-cov- 

 ers ; wings light vermilion or coral-red, with an external 

 dusky border, which is wide and paler at the tip, narrowed 

 and darker behind ; hind shanks yellow with black-tipped 

 spines. Length 1 to \\ inch ; exp. 2^ to 2i inches. 



This species closely resembles the Acridium tuberculatum 

 of Palisot de Beauvois, which seems to be the (Edipoda dis- 

 coidea of Serville, found in the Southern States, of a much 

 larger size than the coral-winged locust, and having the 

 wings of a much deeper and duller red color, and the black- 



* Gryttus Locusta Carolines, Linnaeus. 



[ I* L. Carolina must be referred to (Edipoda. UHLER.] 



