410 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Oct., 



Miramar, Los Angeles County, California. July 31. In this locality 

 a field of dry trampled grass near the shore proved the most produc- 

 tive location. On the whole collecting near the shore was not nearly 

 as good as it was farther inland near the hills. 



Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California. Altitude, 824 feet; 

 August 1. A good lot of material was secured in the Arroyo Seco, 

 where in the heavy brush and cactus and also beside the stream a 

 number of interesting species were encountered. Nearby in culti- 

 vated ground collecting was also productive. On the nearer slopes 

 of the San Rafael Hills quite a different and pearly as interesting 

 a series of Orthoptera was taken. These hills were covered with low 

 dry grasses, with frequent dense tangles of low bushes between them. 

 This vegetation and the steepness of the slopes made collecting much 

 more difficult than in the Arroyo Seco. 



Between Altadena and Rubio a very few specimens were taken 

 on August 8, among low bushes. 



Echo Mountain, San Gabriel Range, Los Angeles County, California. 

 Altitude, 2,700-3,500 feet; August 8. On the steep slopes covered 

 with dense but low bushes a few interesting specimens were taken in 

 a short time. 



Ml. Lowe, San Gabriel Range, Los Angeles County, California. Alti- 

 tude, 5,200-5,600 feet; August 8. Between Alpine and the summit 

 the steep mountain side is clothed with heavy shrubs and low oaks, 

 while the ravines in places are filled with tall trees. On the mountain 

 side collecting was most productive and interesting, but in the ravines 

 only a few Melanopli were found. 



Between Echo and Alpine, altitude 4,000-4,800 feet, the mountain 

 slopes proved splendid collecting places, especially where there was an 

 occasional small pocket or basin. In one of these nearly level areas 

 Napaia gracilis, Dracotettix californicus and other very interesting 

 species were found. The mountain sides are in the majority of places 

 clothed with manzanita and other low bushes. 



Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California. August 3-7. 

 On Catalina Island the slopes of the hills about Avalon, which are 

 covered with low bushes and weeds and an occasional thick clim 

 of stunted oaks, proved quite unproductive. On the golf c r 

 farther up in the Avalon Valley, certain common species were al- 

 and toward dusk several species of Locustids and crickets 

 in some cultivated bushes about the club house and ab' 

 Of these specimens of (Ecanthus and Scudderia alone v 



A trip to the highest point on the island invol 

 effort with little result. 



