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firmer in texture, broadly spread out, and very transparent ; causing such 

 a diflference of appearance between the two sexes that tyro collectors often 

 take them for widely different insects. Three species have, so far, been 

 collected in the state, and two others very likely occur, but have not yet 

 been taken. 



14. fficANTHcs NivEL>i, DeGeer. The White Climb'ng Cricket. 



(Ecanthus niveus, Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg., 1S62, 153, figs. 71, 72, (In part). 



Fitch, Third R^p. Nox. Ins., N. Y., 1856, 86. 



Scudder, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., VII, 1862, 431. 



Rathvon, U. S. Agr. Rep., 1862, 381, figs. 17, 18. 



Thomas, Trans. 111. St. Ag. Sor., V, 1865, 444. 



Walsh, Prac. Entom., I, 1866, 126; II, 1867, 54, 94. 



Scudder, Dist. Ins. in N. H., 1874, 365, (Note of, set to 

 music). 



Glover, U. S. Ag. Rep., 1874,143, fig. 16. 



Packard, Guide Stud. Ins., 1883, 564, figs. 561, 562. 



Id., Rep U. S. Eat. Conn., V, 1890, 230, 591, figs. 75, 76. 



Fernakl, Orth. N. Eng., 1888, 17, figs. 7, 8, 9. 



Comstock, Intr. Ent., I, 1888, 122, figs. 109, 110 



Murtfeldt, Inst ct Life, II, 1889, 130, (Carnivorous hab- 

 its of). 



McNeill, Psyche, VI, 1891, 6. 

 Both sexes of this species are in color ivory white, more or less tinged 

 with a delicate green, especially in the female. The top of head and basal 

 joint of antennae are usually suffused with ochre yellow, while on the lower 

 face of each of the two basal join's of the antennae is a small b'ack spot. 

 The ovipositor of the female is ^hort, perfectly straight and usually tipped 

 with black. The maxillary palpi are longer in this than in any other spe- 

 cies of the genus and the wing covers of the male are broader in proportion 

 to their length than in any other except 0. latipennis, Riley. 



Measurements : Male, length of body, 13 mm. ; of wing '-overs, 13.5 mm. ; 

 width of wing covers, 6.5 mm. Female, length of body, 14.5 mm. ; of wing 

 covers, 14 mm. ; of ovip isitor, 5.5 mm. 



The white climbing cricket is very common throughout the state, and 

 mature specimens are to be found in numbers abi ut grape viuf s, shrubbery, 

 etc., from August 1st till November, In my experience the females appear 

 more plentiful than the males, the latter being more often heard than seen. 



