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Plate IX., Fig. 9, frequents grassy banks both 

 coast and inland. It may be distinguished by 

 its smaller size, spotted appearance, and the 

 clubbed tips of its antennae. 



Fortunately for our farmers, locusts do not 

 come here as residents, but as stragglers. 

 I have figured two, not that I expect my 

 readers to find them in their first season, but 

 because there is no saying where they will 

 appear next, and it is very desirable that if a 

 locust should chance to be captured in Britain, 

 we should know which it is. The Migratory 

 Locust (P ouchytylus migraforius), Plate IX., 

 Fig. 10, and a closely-allied species, Pachytylus 

 cinerascensy Plate IX., Fig. 11, are both grey or 

 yellow, and only differ in colour in so far as the 

 hind legs of migratorius are partly yellowish 

 and those of cinerascens partly reddish. If a 

 locust is captured in any part of this country, 

 it ought to be sent for identification to some 

 one who has studied the Order. 



There is a genus of small grasshoppers of 

 very peculiar shape. As examples I shall take 

 the Two-spot Grasshopper (Tettix bipunctatus), 

 Plate IX., Fig. 8, and the Subulate Grasshopper 

 ( Tettix subulatus). They are both found among 



