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apparatus, when present, situated on the basal portion of the tegmina 

 of the male ; many wingless species. 



There are five subfamilies of Tettigoniidae represented in British 

 Columbia. 



1. STENOPELMATINAE (The Sand Crickets). 



2. RHAPHIDOPHORINAE (The Cave, Stone or Camel 



Crickets). 



3. DECTICINAE (The Shield-backed Crickets). 



4. CONOCEPHALINAE (The Meadow-Grasshoppers). 



5. PHANEROPTERINAE (The Bush Katydids). 



Subfamily I. STENOPELMATINAE 

 (The Sand Crickets) 



Three species of this subfamily have been recorded from British 

 Columbia. 



Stenopelmatus fuscus Haldeman, 1852. 



Haldeman, S. S. Stansbury Expedition to Utah, p. 372 (1852). 



A single specimen of this curious cricket was found by the writer in 

 the Southern Okanagan Valley near Faii-view. It was found under a 

 log on dry, sandy ground. 



Locality records. Fairview, 1919 (E. R. Buckell). 



Stenopelmatus longispina Brunner, 1888. 



Bru!iner, von Wattenwyl, Carl. Vehr. zool-bot. Gesellsch. Wein., 

 XXXVIII, p. 261 (1888). 



This species has been recorded from Vancouver by Brunner. 



Locality records. Vancouver, 1888 (C. Brunner). 



Cyphoderris monstrosus Uhler, 1864. 



Uhler, P. R. Proc. Ent, Soc. Philad., II, p. (1864). 



This species is common in the timbered sections of the Province. It 

 is nocturnal, keeping under logs and stones during the day. The males 

 stridulate at night and are distinctly ventriloquial. They hibernate 

 during tlie winter months as nymphs beneath stones and logs, the nymphs 

 digging themselves shallow burrows. 



Locality records. Ainsworth, 1903 (A. N. Caudell). Peachland, 

 1907 (Wallis). Vernon, Salmon Arm, Chilcntin, Alexis Creek, 1920-21 

 (E. R. Buckell). 



SubfamUy II. RHAPHIDOPHORINAE 



(The Cave, Stone or Camel Crickets) 



Tropidischia xanthostoma Seudder, 1861. 



Scudder, Samuel H. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VIU, p. 12 (1861). 



This interesting species has been recorded from the Province by 

 A. N. Caudell in 'The Genera of the Tettiginiid Insects of the Subfamily 

 Rhaphidophorinae found in America North of Mexico'; from the Pro- 

 ceedings of the U. S. National Museum, Vol. 49, p. 658 (1916).' The 



