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later in the season than (). nil gar e at Thompson's Mills, and 

 is not a common species there. 



Another Orchelimum, (). minor Bruner (fig. 2) has very 

 different notes and habits. This species differs from all other 

 American Orchelimums in being strictly arboreal, choosing as 

 its habitat the pine trees of fields and pastures. Davis records 

 this species as occurring in the pine barrens of New Jersey. 

 Although I had not noted this species at Chapel Hill, North 

 Carolina, during fi.e consecutive years spent there, I found it 

 exceedingly abundant in the pines at Thompson's Mills. The 

 following extract from my journal for October 4, 1908, refers 

 to this insect: 



"An Orckelimum, new to me, has just attracted my atten- 

 tion. Much smaller than ( >. riilgarc or others. Dwells en- 

 tirely in pines so far as I can determine, and is thus very diffi- 

 cult to capture. Its notes are a succession of brief, feeble, 

 silken lisps followed by a pause about as long, then repeated; 

 s-s-s-s-s-s .s--.<-.s'->-.s-^ _s-.s-.s'-.s-.s'->\ I hear it during the warm, 

 sunny hours of the day, even in the high-crowned pines 

 around my house. 



During the sunny hours of the day at this season the low 

 pines in a certain pasture near Thompson's Mills were quite 

 animated with the lispings of this Orcliclhnnm. So faint and 

 fugacious are its notes that it is probably never identified by 

 ordinary ears. If a good breeze is blowing, the feeble lisps 

 are lost amidst the sighing and rustle of the pines upon which 

 they dwell. In no manner do the notes to me recall those of 

 any other Orrheliinnin. The short, staccato lisps so charac- 

 teristic of the songs of most Orchelimums are entirely wanting 

 and the tone quality more nearly resembles the leg and wing 

 stridulationsof some of the stenobothri than the Orchelimums. 

 This Qrchclimnm has never been reported or described before 

 south of Washington, D. C. 



Another Orchehmum which I found in this region of North 

 Georgia is Orchelimum ino/otsiiin Rhen. This Orchelimum 

 has the characteristic song of the Orchelimum family a suc- 

 cession of staccato lisps, followed by a lisping z-z-z-z of some 

 seconds duration. This species sings by night as well as by 

 day, and its song is more subdued than that of (). rii/^a/'c. 



Orchelimum ni^ripcs Scudderffig. 3), at least in the Thomp- 

 son's Mills region, is strictly a lowland species. I find it 

 everywhere in the tangles of vegetation bordering streams. It 

 dwells in the tall grasses, weeds, and vines close to the wa- 

 ter's edge, in the thickets of high blackberries and shrub- 



