144 Cockroaches, Locusts, Grasshoppers, and Crickets 
Fig. 182.—The yellow-winged locust, Arphia 
sulphured. (After Lugger; natural size of 
male 23-26 mm., of female 28-30 mm.) 
Hippiscus are heavy, broad-bodied forms 
with wings reddish or yellow¬ 
ish at base, then a broad black¬ 
ish band, and the apex and 
margin clear. The fore wings 
and body are yellowish to 
brown, with darker blotches 
and speckles. H. discoideus, 
with wings red on basal half, 
is common in the East. H . 
tuberculatus (Figs. 179 and 180), 
the coral-winged locust, or kin’g 
grasshopper, also with red 
wing-disks, is common in the 
Mississippi Valley; it makes 
a very loud rattling while in 
the air. The genus Arphia, 
also characterized by wings 
with bright red or yellowish 
disks but having the fore wings 
without large spots or blotches, 
usually not even speckled, and 
with the body slenderer than 
in Hippiscus, comprises about 
twenty species scattered over 
the whole country. A. xan- 
thoptera, with plain smoky 
brown fore wings and upper 
body, and hind wings with 
bright yellow disk, broad smoky 
outer band and clearer apex, 
is common in the East; A. 
tenebrosa (Fig. 183), with brown 
and clayey-speckled fore wings 
and upper body and hind 
wings with coral-red disk and 
smoky broad outer band fad¬ 
ing out in apex, is common 
in the West. The green- 
striped locust, Chortophaga 
viridijasciata (Figs. 184 and 185), abundant and familiar in the East and 
Mississippi Valley, appears in two forms; in one, the head, thorax, and 
Fig. 183 .—Arphia tenebrosa. (After Lugger; 
ural size indicated by line.) 
nat- 
