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fly" that comes every year, or the "seven- 

 teen-year locust" which is smaller and 

 marked with reddish lines. When the man 

 who is interested particularly in the crop- 

 destroying insects mentions the locust, he 

 means the grasshopper; while the strict 

 scientist, when he names the locust family, 

 will include neither of these, but refers to 

 the katydid and its closer allies. Of course 

 we should call this fellow the cicada, but I 

 fear, in this country, popular usage has 

 called him locust so long that reform is hope- 

 less. We have, then, two insects popularly 

 known by the name of locust. The one 

 we see and hear every late July and early 

 Aug.ust is broad over the shoulders and looks 

 as if he were made of tarnished copper. He 

 is a motley of blacks and greens with a 

 white blush here and there, and is better 

 known as the "harvest-fly." 



THE SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST 



The other one has long been known as the 

 seventeen-year locust. He is smaller and 

 redder, and only comes in any locality once 



