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cylindrical, three times as long as broad, and slightly enlarged at 
tip. 
I have taken this Tree-cricket from Hoxie and Brunswick, Me., 
and Woodstock, Vt., southward to Nantucket and Block Island, 
from August 13 to October 9. It is plentiful thoughout southern 
New England. 
Pine Tree-cricket. 
Oecanthus pini Beutenmiiller. 
Figs. 66 E, 73; Plate 17, fig. A; Plate 19, fig. A. 
Oecanthus pini Beutenmuller, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. 2, p. 56 (1894). — 
ScTJDDER, Psyche, vol. 9, p. 119 (1900).— Walden, Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. 
Surv. Ct., no. 16, p. 160 (1911). 
Head and pronotum dull brown, the latter with a pale stripe on 
each side. Abdomen dull brown beneath, bordered by narrow, 
sharply defined cream-colored stripes; sides dull brown. Antennae 
dull brown, the first and second segments pale brown with black 
markings beneath, the first with a long line near inner edge and a 
spot or (typically) an oblique line near outer end, the second with 
two short, parallel longitudinal hnes. 
Measurements. 
Total Tegmina 
Wide Long 
Male 14-16 5 12-13 
Female 12 
This Tree-cricket is described as being found only in pine trees 
and usually high up, making it difficult both to observe and to 
secure. It oviposits in the pith and wood of the smaller twigs of 
the pitch pine^ from one- to three-eighths of an inch in diameter, 
the punctures being placed in rows but widely apart from each 
other, often at the upper end of the elongate scales covering the 
twig. In captivity some females placed their eggs in apple twigs 
and wild-carrot stalks, probably because the pine twigs at hand 
had become dry and hard. In no case did they use white or 
Austrian pines. The protuberances of the egg-cap are flattened, 
about twice as long as broad, and half as thick, tapering slightly 
to a broad rounded tip. 
^ In New Jersey it frequents also the scrub pine. 
