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THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 



Family LOCUSTIDJE (Lo-cus'ti-dse). 



The Long-horned Grasshoppers. 



Any one that is in the habit of lying in the tall grass of 

 meadows or pastures and watching the insects that can be 

 seen there is sure to be familiar with certain green grass- 

 hoppers, which attract attention by the extreme deHcacy 

 and great length of their antennae. These are our most 



common members of the Locustidae. The 



antennae are much more slender than with 



the short-horned grasshoppers or locusts, and 



much longer, exceeding the body in length. 



The tarsi are four-jointed. The ear-like 



Fig. 125.— Leg of orgaus, whcu present, are situated near the 



t^^Xi^Lrl^^^^^ base of the fore tibi^ (Fig. 125), and the 



ovipositor is sword-shaped. 



In those species of this family m which the wings are 

 well developed we find the males provided with an elabo- 



FiG. 126. — Wing-cover of 

 Male Meadow Grasshopper. 



Fig. 127. — Wingf-cover of 

 Female Meadow Grasshopper. 



rate musical apparatus by means of which they call their 

 mates. This consists of a peculiar arrangement of the veins 

 and cells of a portion of each wing-cover near its base. This 

 arrangement differs in the different species ; but in each it is 



