130 ■ ORTHOPTERA. 



AcRYDii {Short-horned Grasshoppers or Locusts).* 



Saltatorial Orthoptcra with short, not more than 

 twenty-four jointed antennae ; wings deflexed ; tarsi 

 three-jointed ; ovipositor short. 



The Locusts are the best known of the Saltatoria, 

 they being diurnal and occurring in great numbers, in 

 meadows and pastures. They are able to leap much 

 better than the long-horned Grasshoppers ; and some 

 species have great power of flight. 



Note manner of stridulating. 



The eggs, fifty to one hundred in number, are gen- 

 erally laid in the ground, in a mass covered with a 

 tough, glutinous secretion. They are long and cylin- 

 drical in form. Some species excavate holes in rails, 

 logs, etc., in which they lay their eggs. (2, 165; i, 



567; 7. 125)- 



Note habits of the following species : — 



The Hateful Grasshopper, Crt/f/'/c'«;<5 i/r^YK.f Uhler. 



(6, II., 3; 5, 1., 73,94; 5, n., 81). 



The Red-legged Locust, Caloptemis fenmr-rubrum 

 Burm. (2, I69). 



Each of the following sections contains only a single 

 family. 



1 1 . Am BU i.ATOUi A ( Walkers). 

 Phasmida ( Walking-sticks). 



The Walking-sticks, or Spectres are easily recog- 

 nized by their long, linear bodies, furnished with long 

 legs and antennae. Their wings, when present, are 

 small, or if large, very leaf like, resembling, in some 



* See " Synopsw of the Acrididae of North America." By Cyrus Thomas, Ph. D. 

 Published by the Dcp.irlmcnt of the Interior. 



