ACHIDIINiE. 
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Chrotogonus (fig. 26) includes the common surface grasshoppers, 
flattened, the upper surface of a dark earth colour, roughened, with spots 
of white or yellow, the 
lower surface white. These 
insects are found in fallow 
fields, on newly-sown land, 
in grass and low crops. The 
male is smaller than the 
female. The latter lays 
about 60 eggs in a mass in 
the soil and there appear 
to be no regular seasons 
for breeding. They are 
among the most common of 
insects in the cultivated 
plains and are often serious¬ 
ly destructive. The number 
of species concerned is very 
uncertain. Chrotogonus trae- 
hypterus, Bl. appears to be the 
common plains’ species but it is 
either a variable species or several 
are confused. C. luguhris , Bl. is a 
smaller insect of similar appearance. 
(See Ann. Soc. Ent., France, Y, 
607, where Blanchard describes 
Ommexecha trachypterus, lugubris, 
etc., from India.) 
Acridiince .—A large sub-family 
which includes the locusts and large 
grasshoppers. They are readily 
recognised by the tooth between 
the base of the forelegs. 
Catantops is a large genus of mo¬ 
derate sized insects found commonly 
Fig. 26—Chrotogonus lugubris. 
(I. M. N.) 
Fig. 25—A TR A CTOM OR PH A CRENULATA. 
