NATURAL HISTORY 
PART T. 
INSECTS. 
THE COMMON LOCUST 
1. Or the Locust tribe there are upwards of two 
hundred species. The common Locust of New 
England is not more than one inch and a half in 
length, while the most abundant species of Europe 
is about three inches. 
2. The Crested Locust of the East is a beautiful 
species, being of a bright red, with the body annu- 
late d with black, and the legs varied with yellow : 
I3ow many species are there of the Locust ? Mention some of 
them. 
