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surrounded by two broad black bands ; hind shanks coral-red, 
with a black ring immediately below the knee, and followed 
by a white ring, black at the lower extremity also, with the 
tips of the spines black. In some individuals there is an 
additional black ring below the white one on the shanks. 
Length from to above inch; exp. 1 to I^q- inch. 
The marbled locust, which is one of our prettiest species, 
is found in the open places contiguous to or within pitch-pine 
woods, flying over the scanty grass and reindeer moss which 
not unfrequently grow in these situations. It is marked on 
the wings somewhat like the barren-ground locust, but is 
invariably smaller, with the thorax much more contracted 
before the middle. It appears, in the perfect state, from the 
middle of July to the middle of October. 
8. Locusta eucerata}^ Long-horned Locust. 
Ash-colored, variegated with gray and dark brown ; anten¬ 
nae nearly as long as the body, and with flattened joints ; 
thorax very much pinched or compressed laterally before the 
middle, with a slightly elevated longitudinal line, which is 
interrupted by two notches; wing-covers and wings long 
and narrow; the former variegated with dusky spots, and 
semi-transparent at tip ; wings next to the body yellow, 
sometimes pale, sometimes deep and almost orange-colored, 
at other times uncolored and semi-transparent; with a broad 
black band across the middle, which is narrowed and pro¬ 
longed on the hinder margin, and extends quite to the inner 
angle; beyond the band the wings are transparent, with the 
tips black or covered with blackish spots; hindmost shanks 
whitish, with a black ring at each end, a broad one of the 
same color just above the middle, and the spines tipped with 
black. Length I inch to tV ii^ch; exp. IfV inch to more 
than inch. 
The wings of this species are very variable in color at the 
base. The fenestralis described by M. Serville has the base 
[ 16 X. eucerata must be referred to (Edipoda. — Uhler.] 
