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ORTHOPTERA. 
4. Locusta MaritimaP Maritime Locust. 
Ash-gray ; face variegated with white ; wing-covers sprin- 
kled with minute brownish spots, and semi-transparent at tip ; 
wings transparent, faintly tinted with yellow next the body, 
uncolored at tip, with a series of irregular blackish spots 
forming a curved band across the middle ; hindmost shanks 
and feet pale yellow, with the extreme points of the spines 
black. Length f to 1| inch ; exp. 1* inch to 2} inches. 
This species comes very near to Mr. Kirby’s description 
of the Locusta leucostoma ; but is evidently distinct from it, 
and does not appear to have been described before. 1 have 
received it from Sandwich, and have found it in great abun- 
dance among the coarse grass which grows near the edges 
of our sandy beaches, but have never seen it except in the 
immediate vicinity of the sea. It comes to maturity and lays 
its e 0 ' 0 's about the middle of August or a little later. 
5. Locusta eequalis ! 4 Barren-ground Locust. 
Ash-gray, mottled with dusky brown and white ; wing- 
covers semi-transparent at tip, with numerous dusky spots 
which run together so as to form three transverse bands ; 
wings light yellow on their basal half, transparent with 
dusky veins and a few spots at the tip, with an intermediate 
broad black band, which, curving and becoming narrower 
on the hind margin, is continued to the inner angle of the 
wing ; hindmost shanks coral-red, with a broad white ring 
below the knees, and the spines tipped with black. Length 
1£ inch ; exp. 2^ inches. 
Mr. Say, to whom I sent a specimen of this handsome 
locust, informed me that it was his Gryllus equalis , probably 
intended for eequalis. It is found, during the months of July 
[is Jj. maritima must be referred to (Edipoda. — Uhler.] 
[14 L. eequalis and latipennis are merely to be separated ns races of one species, 
and cannot remain as separate species. They must be referred to the genus 
(Edipoda. — Uhler.] 
