192 A NATURALIST IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION 



so as to be the dominant color. The antennae are strongly 

 flattened at the base. The mature insects are found from 

 August to late fall. 



The short-winged green locust (Fig. 218) is also green 

 marked with brown, or brown with green markings. It is 

 smaller than the preceding, the male being about . 6 of an inch 

 long; the female, sHghtly over an inch. The adults are found 

 as early as mid- July. 



Figs. 222-225: Fig. 222. — Striped ground cricket, Kemohius fasciatus; Fig. 

 223. — Leather-colored locust, Schistocerca alutacea; Fig. 224. — Nebraska locust, 

 Phaelaliotes nehrascensis; Fig. 225. — ]\Iarsh conehead, Conocephalus palustris. 



The male of the Hoosier locust (Fig. 220) is quite brightly 

 colored. The face is green, the mouth parts, yellow. The 

 antennae are reddish brown. The rest of the animal is green, 

 yellow, and black. The female is more dully colored. The 

 latter is 1.25 inches long, the male not quite an inch long. 

 The antennae are very long. 



Scudder's paroxya (Fig. 221) is small. The female is less 

 than I inch in length; the male, .6 of an inch. The general 

 color is brown with green-yellow markings. An ivory-white line 

 extends back from the eye; above it a broad black band. 



