. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. ORTHOPTERA. Ill. The Carolina Locust, Dissosteira Carolina (Dis-sos-tei'ra), is common throughout the United States and Canada, and at the North is our largest species. It lives in roads and on bare places, and its color matches the soil on which it lives. It is usually pale yellowish or reddish-brown or slate color, with small dusky spots. The hind wings are black, with a broad yellow edge. It measures from one inch and a half to nearly two inches in length. The Sprinkled Locust, Chrysochraon conspersuvt (Chry- soch'ra-on con-sper'sum) (Fig. 122),
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. ORTHOPTERA. Ill. The Carolina Locust, Dissosteira Carolina (Dis-sos-tei'ra), is common throughout the United States and Canada, and at the North is our largest species. It lives in roads and on bare places, and its color matches the soil on which it lives. It is usually pale yellowish or reddish-brown or slate color, with small dusky spots. The hind wings are black, with a broad yellow edge. It measures from one inch and a half to nearly two inches in length. The Sprinkled Locust, Chrysochraon conspersuvt (Chry- soch'ra-on con-sper'sum) (Fig. 122), is a common species. Here the wings are a little shorter than the abdomen in the males, and much shorter in the females. in tne OOUtn ana m me Fig. 122.—chrysochraon conspersuvt. West we find several genera in which the body is very long and slender. Leptysma marginicolle (Lep-tys'ma mar-gin-i- FiG. ^...-Leptysma ^arginicoiie. ^^y^^^ ^p.^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ serve as an illustration of the form of these insects. There is a group of small locusts of which Tettix (Fig. 124) is an example, which is remarkable for the shape of the pronotum. This projects backward like a little roof over the wings, and often extends beyond the end of the abdomen. With these insects the wing-covers are in Fig. ^/?/^. the shape of small rough scales, the wings being protected by the large pronotum. These insects are commonly found in low, wet places, and on the borders of streams. Their colors are usually dark, and are often protective, closely resembHng that of the soil upon which they occur. These locusts are very active, jumping great Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.
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