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antennae suffused with pink or pink-brown ; it also 

 generally, if not always, lacks the small gray-brown 

 spots which are invariably present in (E. niveus on 

 the lower face of the two lowest joints of the an- 

 tennae. The song of this broad-winged cricket need 

 not be confused with that of (E. niveus ; it is like a 

 continuous, shrill, high-pitched rattle-whistle. 



(Ecanthus latipennis, it is said, prefers the shoots 

 of the grapevine in which to lay its eggs. It is dis- 

 tributed southward and westward, but doubtfully as 

 , far Northwest as Rock Is- 

 land, 111. It does not occur 

 in the Northeastern States. 



The most remark- 

 able tree cricket is 

 that named (Ecanthus fas- 

 ciatus. This little crea- 

 ture sings all day and all night, 

 in sunshine, cloud shadow, and 

 dusky evening. Its favorite resort 

 is the weedy roadside, or the hedges 

 where tall sunflowers and golden- 

 rods abound. It sings about the 

 middle of August and continues until the time of 

 frost. The predominating color of the wings is white 

 tinted green, but the body varies from an ivory-white 

 marked with gray- brown to black. In typical speci- 



Tree Cricket 

 ((E./asciatus). 



