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bery; or even in willows 10 to 12 feet from the ground. With 

 the single exception of the strictly arboreal Urchclitnnni 

 minor, which dwells in pine trees alone, nigripes is the only 

 species which I occasionally find far above my reach in the 

 foliage of willow trees. Its song is not as loud, prolonged, or 

 as sharp and rasping as that of O. z'tt/gttrc. The staccato 

 lisps appear to be fewer, and the phrase tse-e-e-e-e-e is usually 

 very much softer and briefer. O. nigripes, stridulates leisure- 

 ly by day and more or less throughout warm nights. I have 

 on several occasions heard and taken a few individuals of O. ni- 

 gripes on cotton plants in fields adjoining its usual haunts in 

 low grounds. Other Orchelirnums may occur at Thompson's 

 Mills, Georgia. 



Among the tree crickets of the genus (Kcanthus, the follow- 

 ing have been observed at Thompson's Mills: (Ecanthus laii- 

 pciiiiis, O. quadripunctatus, ( ). angustipennis, and O. nii'ciis. 



The large and beautiful tree cricket U. latipennis Riley 

 seems to be fairly common in the Thompson's Mills region, 

 though far less so than the ubiquitous O. quadripunctatus. 

 The former prefers thickets of asters, goldenrods, and bram- 

 bles in low grounds, and sings by day and late into the night 

 during moonlight nights. The song of this species is of long 

 duration, deep-toned, mellow, with a distinct trilling or qua- 

 vering quality, even when heard from afar. In the strong, low- 

 pitched, deep tone-quality it recalls the notes of O. n/rct<$ 

 DeGeer. On warm, moonlight nights the notes of O. lati- 

 pennis seem even more bell-like, quavering, and rich-toned 

 than do the day notes. This may, however, in part be due to 

 the greater quiet of all nature and the moister condition of the 

 atmosphere. At such times they are audible from a great dis- 

 tance, and very keenly remind me of the trilling concerts of 

 the common toad in the North. 



Another tree cricket, (Ecanthus quadripunctatus Beuten- 

 miiller, is extremely common at Thompson's Mills and through- 

 out the South. This species is of a greenish-white color, small- 

 er and narrower than O. latipennis. Throughout the sum- 

 mer and autumn the notes of (). quadripunctatus may be 

 heard among the asters, goldenrods, and brambles by the 

 roadsides, and in every gully. This species frequents the cot- 

 ton fields in large numbers, and may be heard in song espe- 

 cially during the sunny afternoon hours of the day. Its song 

 is high-pitched, prolonged trill, much weaker and less musi- 

 cal than the trill of O. latipennis. The strong, rich, quaver- 

 ing, bell-like quality of the song of O. latipennis is quite lack- 



