94 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



meadows tliaii (E. fasciatus. The species ffil angus- 

 tipejinis, CE. latipennis, and (E. niveus prefer the 

 cultivated field to the weedy wayside. 



This slender cricket is white, deeply suffused with 

 green, has longer and slenderer hind legs than those 

 of the other species, and a smaller head. The song- 

 resembles that of ffi'. 

 fasciatus, hut is less 

 shrill, and lasts hut 

 from three to five 

 seconds, with inter- 

 vals of corresponding 

 length. 



The song is usually 

 heard at night. Both 

 the song and the singer 

 have been confusedly 

 connected with the rhythmical ffi". niveus ; an atten- 

 tive ear, however, can not fail to detect a wide differ- 

 ence in the songs. CE. niveus utters its t-re-ee, t-?'e-ee, 

 t-re-ee, in metronome time, fifty trills occurring in a 

 minute — Jerome McNeil says seventy, but I give the 

 results of my own personal experience. In different 

 kinds of weather crickets sing faster or slower. In 

 the case of (E. a/i{/ustij>enms the song is slower than 

 that of (E. 7iiveus. 



Tlie tree crickets are remarkable for their rhyth- 



Narrow-winged Tree 

 Cricket. 



