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FAMILY VII—GRYLLIDAE.

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Fig-. 182.— CEcan-thusfasciatus--tTKObasal joints of an-tenna of d arkform. Original.

Fig. 180. — CEcanthusfasciatus, male. Orig-inal.

Fig. 183.— CEcan-thusfasciatus-twobasal joints of an-tenna of 1 igbtform. Original.

the illustrations (Figs. 182 and 183) these markings are con-fluent in the darker variety, and well separated in the lighterone. This cricket is alwa^^s darker in color, varying from adeep black to ivory-white with fuscous markings. Mostspecimens, however, are greenish-white, with three blackstripes on the head and pronotum, and a broad dusky linealong the center of the abdomen beneath. The wing-coversof the male are less broad in proportion to their length thanin niveus; while the ovipositor is longer and more distinctlyturned upward at the end. Both sexes are shown in Figs.180 and 181.

Fig, 181.— CEcanthus fasciatus, female. Original.

This is almost as common as the “Snowy Tree-cricket.”Its stridulation is a long and comparatively loud continu-ous whir often lasting several minutes.