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ORTHOPTERA. 
1. Locusta Carolina* 11 Carolina Locust. (Plate III. Fig. 3.) 
Pale yellowish brown, with small dusky spots ; wings 
black, with a broad yellow hind margin, which is covered 
with dusky spots at the tip. Length from 1 to lk inch ; exp. 
2£ to above 3£ inches. 
A more detailed description of this large, common, and 
well-known species is unnecessary. The Carolina locust is 
found in abifndance by the road-side, from the middle to the 
end of summer. It generally makes use of its large and 
handsome wings in moving from place to place. It is fre- 
quently found in company with the red-legged locust in the 
vicinity of salt-marshes, but it generally prefers warm and 
dry situations. Pairing takes place with this species in the 
months of September and October, immediately after which 
the female prepares to lay her eggs. These are deposited at 
the bottom of a cylindrical hole in the ground, made in the 
manner already described, and are not hatched till the fol- 
lowing spring. The abdomen of the female admits of being 
greatly extended in length ; hence she frequently deposits 
her eggs at the depth of nearly two inches beneath the sur- 
face of the soil. 
2. Locusta corallina. Coral-winged Locust. 
Light brown ; spotted with dark brown on the wing-cov- 
ers ; wings light vermilion or coral-red, with an external 
dusky border, which is wide, and paler at the tip, narrowed 
and darker behind ; hind shanks yellow with black-tipped 
spines. Length 1 to 1\ inch ; exp. to 2k inches. 
This species closely resembles the Acridium tuberculatum 
of Palisot de Beauvois, which seems to be the (Edipoda dis- 
coidea of Serville, found in the Southern States, of a much 
larger size than the coral-wingcd locust, and having the 
wings of a much deeper and duller red color, and the black- 
* Cry lilts Locusta Carolinus , Linnceus. 
[ 11 L. Carolina must be referred to (Edipoda. — Uhler.] 
