No. 457] CECANTHUS FASCIATUS. | 5 
The Call Notes. — At 11.30 on the morning of September 
thirtieth, as the sun became overcast by clouds, I was treated to 
a pretty serenade by a-host of males, which being hidden in a 
dense thicket of weeds gave out an exquisite example of their 
orchestration. Beyond this spot, in the open field planted with 
clover, but grown over with a mixed wild herbage, which in- 
cluded more or less scattering of the horse-weed, I heard the 
shrilling. After a little experience, one is led quite easily into 
‘the presence of these: crickets by their song, as the following 





2. — Ecanthus fasciatus. The female is shown on the male's back in the attitude of de- 
“vowing the plasmatic secretion within the thoracic gland located at the central part of the 
me um ni ten ale. Protographed by the anter, from living posed individuals, which 
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incident will prove. At 2.30 in the afternoon of October first, 
during the bright warm sunlight, I heard what seemed to be a 
chorus of fasczatus emanating from a source quite a distance off. 
From the open field where I stood, I gradually traced the trills 
to a corner of an adjoining unmowed field where the crickets 
appeared in abundance in a small wild blackberry patch. On 
near approach some of the songs ceased, but they soon com- 
menced again when I stood perfectly quiet. 
