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often black; if pale, the spots on first joint of antennae broad, 
often united Dusky Tree-cricket, Oe. nigricornis,^ p. 409. 
FF. Head, pronotum, and underside of abdomen brown. Outer 
spot on first joint typically elongate, oblique. 
Pine Tree-cricket, Oe. pini,^ p. 412. 
A A. Hind tibiae without either spines or serrations; wings nearly as long again 
as tegmina. First joint of antenna with a blunt tooth on under side. 
Two-spotted Tree-cricket, Neoxabea bipunctata, p. 413. 
Snowy Tree-cricket; White Climbing Cricket. 
Oecanthus niveus (DeGeer). 
Figs. 66 A, 68; Plate 18, fig. A. 
Gryllus nivetis DeGeer, Mem. Hist. Ins., vol. 3, p. 522 (1773). 
Oecanthus niveus Harris, Treatise, 3d ed., p. 54 in part (1862). — Smith, Rept. 
Ct. Bd. Agric. for 1872, p. 352 (1873).— Fernald, Orth. N. E., p. 17 in 
part (1888).— Walden, Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Ct., no. 16, p. 157 
(1911). 
Pale greenish white in Hfe, drying in cabinet specimens to pale 
ivory. Forehead and basal segment of antennae orange yellow. 
A small round black spot on the under side of the jSrst and second 
joints of the antennae. Ovipositor brown, tipped with black. 
Measurements. 
Total Tegmina Hind femora Antenna Ovipositor 
Wide Long 
Male 16-18 6-7 12.5-13 8.5-9 28 
Female 16-17 11.5-12 9 24 5.5 mm. 
The Snowy Tree-cricket is readily recognized by the antennal 
markings, broad tegmina, and characteristic song of the male. 
Many of the references in economic literature to this species apply 
to others either in part or wholly. This Cricket, though common 
and widespread, is no more abundant or injurious in its habits 
than some others. It is very secretive, less social, and, living in 
dense tangles of shrubbery and vines or upon the branches of 
trees, is less likely to be seen and captured than either the Four- 
spotted or the Dusky Tree-cricket. On the other hand, from its 
fondness for the vines and shrubbery about houses, where its song 
1 The antennal markings of these three species apparently intergrade in New 
England specimens; Oe. nigricornis and Oe. pini are typically stouter and darker • 
colored than Oe. quadripunctatus. 
