SUBFAMILY VII. RHAPHIDOPHORINJE. 609 



femora, 14 1C; of hind femora, 19 24; of hind tibiae, 26 32; of oviposi- 

 tor, 1215 mm. (Fig. 204.) 



Fig. 204. Male. Natural size. (After Brunner.) 



Mammoth Cave, Ky., (Call). This is a true cave inhabiting 

 species, occurring in numbers in many of the caves, both large and 

 small in Kentucky and adjoining southern states but not as yet 

 taken in any of those of southern Indiana. Scudder's types were 

 from Mammoth Cave, where it appears to be the only cave cricket 

 found, and of them he wrote (18C1, 0) : ''They were found 

 throughout the cave to the remotest parts (seven miles or there- 

 abouts), though not near the entrance, especially in dam]), moist 

 situations, where they abound. They were usually jumping about 

 with the greatest alacrity upon the walls, where only they are 

 found, and even when disturbed, clinging to the ceiling, upon 

 which they walked easily; they would leap away from approach- 

 ing footsteps, but stop at a cessation of the noise, turning about 

 and swaying their long antenna? in a most ludicrous manner, in 

 the direction whence the disturbance had proceeded. The least 

 noise would increase their tremulousness while they were uncon- 

 cerned at distant motions unaccompanied by sound, even though 

 producing a sensible current of air; neither did the light of the 

 lamp appear to disturb them. Their eyes are perfectly formed 

 throughout, and they could apparently see with ease, for they 

 jump away from the slowly approaching hand, so as to necessitate 

 rapidity of motion in seizing them. Late in October, females were 

 obtained enormously distended with eggs." 



Garman (1804, 5) says that H. snbtcrrancH^ is the species of 

 cave Orthoptera "most completely adapted to life in the caves. It 

 is a large brown creature so fragile that it is almost impossible 

 to get perfect specimens. Those taken alive from the caves in 

 summer invariably soon died, probably because of the sudden 

 change of temperature. It is usually most abundant a short dis- 

 tance within the entrance but is encountered in the remotest 

 depths of the largest caverns." 



Packard (1888, 69) recorded //. ftnbtcrnincux from L'4 small 

 caves in the vicinity of Mammoth and also from Xickajack Cave. 



