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carry their pupa, eggs, etc., into the new chambers, the para- 

 sites and inquilines following. The well can then be emptied. 

 Keeping the outer cylinder of the nest dark will induce the 

 ants to construct their chambers largely on that surface, there- 

 by freely exposing them to view. 



A few notes on December South Georgia Orthoptera. 



BY MORGAN HEBARD. 



The Christmas holidays of 1908 offered me another oppor- 

 tunity to study the Orthoptera of South Georgia, at Thomas- 

 ville. The fall had been extremely mild and consequently Or- 

 thoptera was more abundant than usual as late as December 18. 

 On the afternoon of that date I visited the pine woods near 

 the town and found particularly good collecting among the 

 dead leaves under the scrub oaks scattered through the pine 

 forest. In these localities Schistoccrca dninifica was plentiful, 

 and one or two specimens each of Odontoxiphidium apterum 

 Belocephalus siibaptcms, Conocephalus fiiscostriatus, Me- 

 lon o pi us kceleri, Melanoplns scuddcri, nymphs of Atlanticus 

 gibbosiis, Arphia snlphnrea and Falcicula or Anaxipha were 

 taken. In the pine woods undergrowth Amblytropidia occiden- 

 talis, Aptenopedcs sphenarioides and Orphulella pratornui 

 were abundant, while Ncmobuis aiubitiosus was frequently 

 heard. In the nearby fields Encoptilophus costalis, Orphulella 

 pratorum and an occasional Schistocerca americana and battered 

 Trimerotropis citrina were discovered. A "branch" proved 

 extremely unproductive until a small wet, grassy spot was 

 found where two Acrydimn arciiosnm, two Nemobius Carolina, 

 and five Tettigidea lateral is (four of the form polyinorplw, as 

 understood by Hancock), were captured. Other records made 

 during my stay in Thomasville were two Periplaneta tnincata 

 found dead on the street, and one large female Hapifhiis brcvi- 

 pcunis taken from a recess in a rail fence. Two immature 

 Orocharis were also found, one under a sign on a pine tree 

 and another living in a snug little nest indoors, made by curl- 

 ing up and fastening the tip of one of the fronds of a potted 

 fern. 



