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ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY 



some of the best of these in- 

 sect songsters in small cages, 

 in much the same manner 

 as we do song birds. The 

 "ears," or auditory organs, 

 of the long-horned grass- 

 hoppers, instead of being in 

 the first abdominal segment, 

 as in the locusts, are situated 

 on the tibia of the forelegs. 

 The light green or red- 

 dish-brown meadow grass- 

 hoppers are common occu- 

 pants of our meadows, where 

 they may be heard calling 

 to each other at dusk. The 

 antennae are usually very 

 long, and often the ovipositor 

 is as long as the body, being 

 adapted for placing the eggs 

 in the stems and roots of 

 grasses, where they are usu- 

 ally laid. 



The katydids are larger, of a bright green color, and with much 

 broader wings, which are frequently quite leaflike in both shape 

 and color. The katydids feed mostly in trees, though some prefer 



FIG. 104. A common katydid. (Natural size) 

 (Photograph by Weed) 



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 FIG. 105. A katydid (Microcentrum laurifolium) and its eggs. (Natural size) 



(After Riley) 



