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twice as long as broad. Fore-head and basal segment of anten- 
nae yellow or orange; often a grayish longitudinal streak on the 
pronotum. 
Measurements. 
Total 
Tegmina Hind femora 
Wide Long 
Antenna 
Male 
. . . 15-17 
4-5.3 11.4-12.5 8.5 
25 
Female 
. . . 17-19 
12 -14 8.5-9 
26-28 mm, 
In western New York this is a common insect in apple orchards; 
on Long Island it frequents the post and scrub oaks. It has also 
been repoi'ted from alder swamps, and in Florida from goldenrods 
and other low plants by the roadside. In New England it lives 
in low jungles of sweet-fern as well as on the trunks and branches 
of forest trees. It has been taken at various points in Connecticut 
and in the vicinity of Boston, Mass., between August 14 and 
October 20, but probably might be found earlier. 
The eggs are laid in branches one-third to one-half an inch in 
diameter, in thick, wrinkled places in the bark, often where small 
twigs fork, several being arranged in an irregular group. Some- 
times two eggs, placed at an angle, are inserted through a single 
opening. The protuberances of the egg-cap are short, scarcely 
longer than wide, rounded at top and constricted below. 
• The song is described as intermittent but not rhythmical, each 
trill continuing for from one to five seconds, usually about two. 
The number of trills per minute varies from one minute to the 
next, and usually ranges from ten to fifteen. Occasionally an in- 
dividual will trill continuously for a minute or more. The song is 
not so loud as that of the Snowy Tree-cricket; it has a higher pitch 
and more mournful quality, and is likely to pass unnoticed by any- 
one not seeking to detect it, particularly when Oe. niveus is singing 
near by. Faxon says that it suggests "the spring notes of the 
toad heard afar off." 
Davis' Tbee-cricket, 
Oecanthus exclamationis Davis. 
Figs. 66 C, 70; Plate 18, fig. B. 
Oecanthus exclamationis Davis, Can. Ent., vol. 39, p. 173 (1907). — Walden, 
Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Ct., no. 16, p. 158 (1911). 
Nearly related to Oe. angustipennis but a little larger. General 
color very pale greenish white, the pronotum not clouded. The 
