THE LOCUST FAMILY. 
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THE GRASSHOPPER AND KATYDID. 
A 
These are the true locusts, or Locustid<z y as ento¬ 
mologists call them. They are so familiar as to 
need only passing mention. 
The antennae are very long and flexi¬ 
ble. It is interesting to watch these 
delicate creatures as they feel about in 
every direction with these long, fragile 
organs of sense. The ovipositor is 
sword-shaped, and is admirably fitted 
for piercing and depositing eggs. The 
B 
Fig. 24. —A , Katydid ; B, Grasshopper, 
wings are large and membranous and very delicately 
veined. 
The Grasshoppers and Katydids are well pro¬ 
tected by their colors. The former, by their gray or 
brown color, are hidden when they alight upon the 
ground, while the latter by their green, leaf-like 
wings can scarcely be distinguished from the leaves 
on which they are found feeding. On close examina¬ 
tion the outer wings (wing-covers) of the Katydid 
so closely resemble a leaf in veining and texture 
that they may be often taken for leaves when held 
in the hand. The small brown and gray Grass- 
