Note 7 — Chapter XII · SOME ANOMALIES
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
A Locust from the green slopes of the Alps, Pezzotettyx pedestris,7 who dwells on the higher ridges of Mont Ventoux,8 renounces her right to wings of any kind; she reaches the adult stage while preserving the larval formation. The approach of the wedding-day makes her a little handsomer, adds a touch of coral-red to her sturdy thighs and of sky-blue to her shanks; but there all progress stops. She becomes ripe for marriage and maternity without acquiring the power of flying which the other Acridians possess in addition to that of leaping.