456 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



LXI. Phylloscirtus Guerin (1840). 



In this genus the head is noticeably wider than the pronotum, the 

 eyes prominent and protruding; the ocelli indistinct or wanting. 

 The basal Joints of antenna arc rather small and narrow, and are 

 proportionally farther apart than in most crickets. The apical joint 

 of the maxillary palpus is dilated and spoon-shaped and much longer 

 than the preceding joint, which is triangular. Pronotum sub-cylin- 

 drical, narrower in front. Tegmina as long or longer than the body, 

 rather leather-like in texture. Inner wings nearly as long as the 

 tegmina. Ovipositor short, compressed, curved strongly upward. 



The genus is exclusively American. But one species is known in 

 the United States, occurring only east of the Mississippi and south 

 of the latitude of central Indiana. 



146. Phylloscirtus pulohellus (Uliler). The Handsome Tree Cricket. 



FhyUojwlpm pidcheUus m\\., 2 12, 11, 1864, 544; Glov., 6 2, 1872, Plate 

 VI, Fig. 22. 



Phyllmclrtus jndrhrUu.^ Sauss., 132, VI, 1874, 368; Id., 133, II, 1878, 

 637; Riley, 122, H, 1884, 183; BL, 5, 1892, 137; Beut., 3, VI, 

 1894, 268, Plate V, Fig. 16; Scudd., 188, 1900, 91. 



Head and pronotum bright crimson red, punctured; antennae twice 

 the length of the body, blackish at base and at tip, the middle por- 

 tion yellowish; palpi black. Abdomen shining black; tegmina chest- 

 nut brown, the sides darker, with paler nervures. Cefci and legs 

 pale yellow. Ovipositor brown, paler at base. 



Measurements: Length of body, female, 7.5 mm.; of tegmina, 5 

 mm.; of hind femora, 5.5 mm.; of ovipositor, 3.5 mm. 



But three specimens, all females, of this little bright colored 

 cricket are in my collection from Indiana. One of these was taken 

 on September 6th, from a leaf of the button-bush, Cephulanthus 

 occidentalis L., near the border of a large pond in Vigo County. 

 \Yh.en discovered it was motionless, but was vibrating its large max- 

 illary palpi in a very rapid and curious manner. A second specimen 

 was taken by Mr. Hans Duden from the roadside near Edwardsville, 

 Floyd County, on August 16th. It attempted to bite when picked 

 up. The third was taken from the border of a marsh near Grand 

 Chain, Posey County, on September 17th. It probably occurs in 

 low wet woods throughout the southern half of the State. Accord- 

 ing to Uhler it is found in Maryland most frequently "amongst the 

 grass and low bushes near ditobos where it jumps about with great 

 rapidity." 



