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black and curved gently upward. The third joint is of the same length with 
the second but much narrower, when viewed laterally appearing twice as long 
as wide and of a square form with the apex cut off obliquely. The last joint 
is more slender and longer than the preceding two taken together, slightly 
arched and thicker towards its tip. At its apex two small stout and almost 
straight claws arc articulated at right angles with the foot, and at the base of 
each claw is a small cylindrical pellet, half as long as the claw andof the same 
diameter, with its apex cut off obliquely. 
The following varieties of this species have fallen under my notice: 
o. The black dots on the under side of the two first joints of the antennae 
lengthened into short stripes. 
b. First joint of the antennae with a black transverse stripo beneath, at its 
apex, forming aright angle with a longitudinal stripe. 
c. Two first joints of the antennae with a black stripe on their inner and a 
black dot on their under sides. 
J. Head without any spot or discoloration above. 
e. disculoratus. The whole of the head, the first joint of the antennae, the 
breast and abdomen of a brownish clay color. 
f. fascipes. One or both of the hind legs more or less tinged with blackish. 
g. angustipennis. The male with wing covers a third narrower and somewhat 
shorter than usual, with the wings protruding like tails from under their 
tips. Having seen but a single specimen, I cannot regard this as any¬ 
thing more than a variety, since in other species of this family wo meet with 
individuals having the wing covers but partly developed. 
With the detailed description of this species which has now 
been given, it will only be necessary for us to state the more pro¬ 
minent points in which the two other flower crickets of our 
country differ from it. 
We suppose these insects do more mischief by perforating the 
twigs of different trees to place their eggs in them, causing the 
death of the parts thus wounded, in many instances it is probable, 
than by eating the leaves. We are not aware that they ever 
become so numerous upon vines as to require any exertions for 
their destruction. Dr. Harris states that they were noticed in one 
instance piercing and placing their eggs in the branches of a peach 
tree, and that the tobacco cultivated in Connecticut has sometimes 
been injured by these crickets eating the leaves. Wherever their 
numbers and operations render them pernicious, the only modo 
we are able to suggest whereby to abate the nuisance is to pick 
them from the leaves by hand and destroy them. 
