214 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Anatomy. 
A knowledge of the general structure of at least one representa- 
tive of the order is a necessary preliminary to the identification of 
these insects. Details will be studied as need arises. 
For general purposes an example of any large species of Locust 
is satisfactory, and a particularly good and easily recognized one 
is the Carolina or Black-winged Locust, Dissosteira Carolina, 
Fig. 1. — Carolina Locust {Dissosteira Carolina). Wings of right side spread. (After Lugger.) 
popularly called "Quaker" or "Flying Grasshopper." This 
species is from one and a half to two and an eighth inches long 
from front of head to tip of closed wings, the wing-covers and 
body are brown or gray of various shades, the wings are black, 
bordered on the hinder margin with buffy white. It is common 
in August and September in open sandy fields, on roadsides, 
gravel banks, seabeaches, and waste lands generally, inhabiting 
all the warmer parts of the country from Maine to Florida and 
California. In its absence any large species will answer and the 
accompanying outline sketches will serve if specimens are not at 
hand. 
