ORTHOPTERA. 



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The Carolina Locust, Dissosteira Carolina (Dis-sos-tei'ra), 

 is common throughout the United States and Canada, and 

 at the North is our largest species. It lives in roads and on 

 bare places, and its color matches the soil on which it lives. 

 It is usually pale yellowish or reddish-brown or slate color, 

 with small dusky spots. The hind wings are black, with a 

 broad yellow edge. It measures from one inch and a half 

 to nearly two inches in length. 



The Sprinkled Locust, Chrysochraon conspersum (Chry- 

 soch'ra-on con-sper'sum) (Fig. 122), is a common species. 

 Here the wings are a little 

 shorter than the abdomen in 

 the males, and much shorter in 

 the females. 



III the South and in the FlG . ^.-Chrysochraon conspersum. 



West we find several 

 genera in which the body 

 is very long and slender. 

 Leptysma marginicolle 

 (Lep-tys'ma mar-gin-i- 

 corie) (Fig. 123), will 

 serve as an illustration of the form of these insects. 



There is a group of small locusts of which Tettix (Fig. 

 124) is an example, which is remarkable for the shape of 

 the pronotum. This projects backward like 

 a little roof over the wings, and often 

 extends beyond the end of the abdomen. 

 With these insects the wing-covers are in FlG - 12 4 — Tettix, 

 the shape of small rough scales, the wings being protected 

 by the large pronotum. These insects are commonly found 

 in low, wet places, and on the borders of streams. Their 

 colors are usually dark, and are often protective, closely 

 resembling that of the soil upon which they occur. These 

 locusts are very active, jumping great distances. 



Fig. 123.— Leptysma marginicolle. 



