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The species has previously been recorded from Natoma Vineyard, 

 Folsom, Atwater, Fort Tejon, Chico, Guadelupe and southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



Melanoplus femoratus (Burmeister). 



This species was found in numbers at both Sentinel, August 31 and 

 September 1, and Mariposa Grove, September 2, ten males and nine 

 females being taken at the former locality and seven males and two 

 females at the latter. 



The specimens average decidedly smaller than individuals from the 

 eastern United States, while the amount of contrast of the yellow 

 postocular bars and of the ventral half of the caudal femora is quite 

 variable, several of the males being very strikingly colored. 



The previous Calif ornian records of the species were from Mt. 

 Shasta district and Los Angeles. This latter record is probably 

 meant to cover the entire county, as it is hardly possible that this 

 species could be found in the vicinity of Los Angeles. 



TETTIGONID^]. 

 Hormilia elegans Scudder. 



Three adult males and four immature individuals of this species 

 were taken from greasewood at Cottonwood, September 9. The 

 specimens were found only by long and constant search. They flew 

 from one greasewood bush to another, but were easily approached 

 and captured, apparently relying on their coloration for protection. 

 These individuals possess strongly contrasted maculations, the base 

 green being deep in two males, while the. third has the dorsal section 

 of the tegmina blackish-brown, the white spots, which are decided, 

 distinctly outlined and regularly placed, being washed with pale 

 greenish in one individual. The darker portions of the limbs are 

 olive-brown in the male with blackish-brown on the tegmina. In 

 size the Cottonwood adults are about equal to specimens from Florence, 

 Arizona. 



This is the first record of the species from California. 



Seudderia mexicana (Saussure). 



Three California males of this species have been examined, one from 

 Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, taken August 7 by Hebard, another 

 from Pasadena, taken July 28, 1899, by F. Grinnell, Jr., and a third 

 from Santa Monica, taken August 1, 1906, by the same collector. 



The previous Californian records of the species were from Los 

 Angeles, Coronado and Claremont. The single specimen from Avalon 



