726 FAMILY VIII. GltYLLIiU-:. THE CRICKETS. 



two sets, one on each side of the hole. The number varies according to the 

 size of the cane, and the distance between the holes is also variable. The 

 hole is usually filled up with a white mucous secretion, though there is 

 very little of it about the eggs. This secretion also doubtless serves to 

 facilitate the drilling. The same female will lay over 200 eggs, and will 

 sometimes puncture the same cane at intervals of one-third of an inch for 

 one and a half feet or more." 



The day note of the male of latipcnnis is louder than that of 

 any other species. I have heard it when GO feet distant; have 

 traced it up, and found the musician beneath a leaf or on a post 

 in the angle of a rail fence, industriously sounding his cymbals. 

 The note is kept up for 20 to 30 seconds, and is then succeeded by 

 a pause of about five seconds, when it is begun once more. Riley 

 has written of it, probably of the night song: "The shrill of 

 IdtijK'iinift is continuous and recalls the trilling of a high-pitched 

 dog-whistle in the distance. The key varies, however, and is some- 

 times much less high and more musical than at others. The com- 

 mingled shrill of this species recalls also the distant croaking of 

 frogs in spring. The broad wings are thoroughly elevated during 

 the act. or even bent forward, and the vibration is so rapid that 

 there appears to be no motion." 



Fulton (1915) states that the song of latiiH-nnis is a loud clear 

 whistle with a musical ringing quality. The eggs are usually laid 

 in grapevines, though sometimes in large stalks of golden-rod 

 growing near the vines. A single hole in the outer woody layer 

 of the stem serves for the deposition of from four to twelve eggs 

 which are placed side by side in the pith in two groups, one 

 above and one below the opening. "The size of the pith deter- 

 mines the number of eggs. The grapevine has a small pith and 

 will hold only two or three eggs on a side, while in the golden-rod 

 as many as six can be found in a single cluster." 



II. NEOXAKEA Kirby, 190(>, 7(5. ((Jr., "near" + Xabea.) 



The principal characters separating this genus from Occaiithus 

 are given in the generic key. In addition they have the maxillary 

 palpi with third and fifth segments subequal, each twice as long- 

 as fourth ; tegmina of female irregularly reticulated, the oblique 

 longitudinal veins not conspicuous; male tegmina with medias- 

 tiual vein strongly curved, the humeral angle wanting; first joint 

 of hind tarsi unarmed, the tarsi clearly but three-jointed, the 

 second joint very short; anal cerci stout, strongly sinuate, only 

 half as long as abdomen. But one species is known. 



