38 Procrcrlhifjs, 1922 



Three subfamilies of Gryllidae are represented in British Columbia. 



1. GRYLLINAE. (The Field Crickets). 



2. MYRMECOPIIILINAE. (The Ant-loving- Crickets). 



3. OECANTHINAE. (The Tree Crickets'). 



Subfamily I. G-RYLLINAE 

 (The Field Crickets) 

 Gryllus assimilis Fabricius, 1775. The Common Field Cricket. 

 Fabricius, Johann C. Syst. Ent., p. 280 (1775). 

 This cricket was fairly common in dry gullies in the Chilcotin 

 District. It was only found in the warmest situations in the river 

 valleys. 



Locality records. Chilcotin, ]92n-21 (E. R. Buckell). 



Subfamily II. MYRMECOPHILINAE 

 (The Ant-loving Crickets) 



Myrmecophila oregonensis liruner, 1884. 



Bruner, Laurence. Can. Ent., XVI, p. 42 (1884). 



These minute crickets live as 'guests' in the nests of several of our 

 common ants. They live on the cutaneous secretions and the thin coat- 

 ing of saliva with which the ants cover one another. (See Prof. 

 Wheeler's ANTS, p. .393). 



Locality records. Victoria, 1888; Vancouver, 1898 (G. W. Taylor). 

 Wellington, Vancouver Island, 1908 (A. N. Caudell). 



Subfamily III. OECANTHINAE 

 (The Tree Crickets) 



Oecanthus niveus DeGeer, 1773. The Snowy Tree Cricket. 



Geer. de Karel. Mem. Ins., Ill, p. 522 (1773). 



This species has been recorded from Penticton in the Okanagan 

 Valley. 



Locality records. Penticton, 1908 (Mrs. Fowler). Ent. Record, 

 l!11(i. 



Oecanthus quadripunctatus Bcutenmuller, 1894. The Four-spotted 

 Tree Cricket. 



Beutenmuller, W. Bull. Mus. Amer. Nat. Hist., VI, p. 271 (1894). 



A common species in most parts of the Province. 



Locality records. Peachland, 1912 (Wallis). Okanagan Landing, 

 1913 (E. M. Walker). Fairview, Penticton, Summerland, Vernon, Sal- 

 mon Arm, Kamloops, Walhachin, 1919; Ashcroft, Williams Lake, Chil- 

 cotin, 1920-21 (E. R. Buckell). 



