Plate XL 

 Prairie Species 



Fig. 1. Differential Grasshopper, Melanoplus differ entialis, female. 

 (Riley.) 



Fig. 2. Common Meadow Grasshopper, Orchelimum vulgare, female. 

 Enlarged as indicated. (Lugger, Rep. Ent. Minn. Exp. 

 Sta.) 



Fig. 3. Two-striped Grasshopper, Melanoplus bivittatus, female. 

 (Riley.) 



Fig. 4. Common Meadow Grasshopper, Orchelimum vulgare, male. En- 

 larged as indicated. (Lugger, 1. c.) 



Fig. 5. Meadow Cricket, QScantkus, eggs and punctures : a, stem show- 

 ing punctures ; h, twig split to show eggs ; c, a single egg ; 

 d, cap of egg enlarged. (Riley, Rep. State Ent. Mo.) 



Fig. 6. Dorsal-striped Grasshopper, XipJiidium strictum, female. 



Fig. 7. Lance-tail Grasshopper, XipJiidium attenuatum, female. En- 

 larged as indicated. (Lugger, 1. c.) 



