SUBFAMILY V. GRYLLINJE. 695 



Serville's description, probably correct. Other synonyms of rcr- 

 ti<-<i1i* as given by Hebartl are Uri/lliix 1<ti>1<it<r Sauss. (1874, 408) 

 from Buenos Aires, Uri/HodcM </uijcnncnsis Sauss. (1877, 384) from 

 Surinam and Miof/ri/llHN okltihoimr raudell (I!)!)!', 90) from ler- 

 kins, Okla., the last named synonym being' based upon an almost 

 uniform black color variety. 



If these synonyms of M. ccrt'icaUs are correct the range of the 

 species embraces most of the American continent. In the United 

 States its known range extends from Staten Island, N. Y. west to 

 Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma and south and southwest to Key 

 West, Fla. and southern Texas. But one macropterous individ- 

 ual, a female taken by Brimley at Raleigh, N. Car., is recorded 

 from this country and but three others besides the type have been 

 noted elsewhere. 



Davis (1909b) notes the habits of M- rerticulix as follows : "At 

 Lakehurst, N. Jer. it is found under dead leaves and other ob- 

 jects lying on the ground. My attention was first called to the 

 insect by hearing the males stridulating at night. Their song is a 

 slow, zee, repeated at intervals of several seconds. Later the fe- 

 males were also found. At Lakehurst and on Staten Island, sev- 

 eral individuals were taken on sandy ground. It reaches maturity 

 in June. Individuals of this species of cricket differ markedly 

 in the development of the hearing organ on the inner side of the 

 fore tibia?. In two of the examples collected this organ is totally 

 absent, in four it is slightly developed, and in one it is slightly 

 developed on the inner surface of the right tibia, but absent on 

 the same surface of the left leg." 



Allard (1911a) describes its habits at Thompson's Mills, Ga., 

 in part as follows: "It is a ground-dwelling species and keeps 

 itself well concealed beneath the matted leaves and grass of gar- 

 dens and orchards. Its notes are very brief, high-pitched musical 

 trills, tzcec-tzccc-tzccc; with brief intermissions. One individual 

 delivered from 38 to 39 trills in a minute. This cricket may be 

 heard in stridulation very early in the morning and more or less 

 throughout the day and at night. It is rather difficult to locate 

 and capture one by its notes, for these are quickly silenced by 

 one's approach. This cricket is very lively, and if uncovered leaps 

 about vigorously. Its light brown coloration makes it very in- 

 conspicuous among the similarly colored leaves and soil-" 



Isely (1905, 248) says that the black form, M. Oklahoma 

 Caud. is the first cricket to reach maturity at Wichita, Kansas, 

 adults being taken on May 22. "In a few days they became very 



