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THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 
Family LOCUSTID.E (Lo-cus'ti-dse). 
The Long-hortied Grasshoppers. 
Any one that is in the habit of lying in the tall grass of 
meadows or pastures and watching the insects that can be 
seen there is sure to be familiar with certain green grass¬ 
hoppers, which attract attention by the extreme delicacy 
and great length of their antennae. These are our most 
a. common members of the Locustidae. The 
// M*-! antennae are much more slender than with 
ft the short-horned grasshoppers or locusts, and 
y \ much longer, exceeding the body in length. 
The tarsi are four-jointed. The ear-like 
Fig. i ?5 .— Let* of organs, when present, are situated near the 
ei?-likeOTga h n°. wing base of the fore tibiae (Fig. 125), and the 
ovipositor is sword-shaped. 
In those species of this family in which the wings are 
well developed we find the males provided with an elabo- 
Fig. 126. —Wing-cover of 
Male Meadow Grasshopper. 
Fig. 137.— Wing-cover of 
Female Meadow Grasshopper. 
rate musical apparatus by means of which they call their 
mates. This consists of a peculiar arrangement of the veins 
and cells of a portion of each wing-cover near its base. This 
arrangement differs in the different species ; but in each it is 
