394 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Bd. Agric. for 1872, p. 354 (1873).— Fernald, Orth. N. E., p. 16 (1888).— 
ScuDDER, Psyche, vol. 9, p. 104 (1900).— Walden, Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. 
Surv. Ct., no. 16, p. 151 (1911).— Hebard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. PhUa., 
June 1913, p. 405. 
The largest of our species of Nemobius, varying much in size, 
color, and markings. Tegmina rather long, covering about three- 
fourths of the abdomen in the male, two-thirds in the female. In 
the form with fully developed wings, the tegmina are somewhat 
longer than in the short-winged examples, and the wings are more 
than twice the length of the tegmina. Ovipositor considerably 
longer than the hind femora, straight or with a very feeble up- 
ward curve, the apex of the upper valves armed with relatively 
few, graduated, widely spaced and (when unworn) acutely 
pointed teeth. 
Color: usually rusty brown, varying to grayish, or even almost 
solid black with brownish tints on the feet and hind femora, 
marked especially on pronotum and abdomen with blackish. A 
black lateral stripe is usually evident on the sides of pronotum, 
tegmina, and abdomen. Three longitudinal black stripes are 
often present on the occiput. The tegmina may be unmarked, 
spotted, or streaked above, and vary from black to pale brown or 
gray. The palpi vary from black to pale brown with the last 
joint tipped with blackish. The bristles of the body are black 
and the color of the short pile covering the body varies much, 
but generally agrees with that of the part of the body it covers. 
Measurements. 
Total Hind femora Tegmina Ovipositor 
Male 6.5-9.5 4.5-6.6 3.5-5.5 
Female 8-12 5-7 2.5-5.5 6-8.8 
Macropterous examples 
Total Tegmina 
Male 11 -16.5 4-6 
Female 14.5-18.5 5-7.5 mm. 
This Cricket, while usually found with short tegmina and 
aborted wings, is also represented nearly everywhere by individ- 
uals with fully developed flight-organs. The long-winged form 
varies much in abundance in different localities. Occasionally 
it appears in large numbers in some particular spot, or comes to 
