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in itself, but we find additional confirmation in the footnote to H. godart. 

 This footnote does not bear Latreille's name, but its tenor indicates him 

 as writer beyond reasonable doubt. The passage reads, in part : "Je 

 n'ai autre part a son travail que celle de lui avoir fourni des moyens 

 d'execution et de 1'avoir aide de mes conseils" (I have no other part 

 in his work than that of having furnished him the means of its execu- 

 tion, and of having aided him with my advice). 



One rather contradictory point is the appearance in this work of the 

 species Hespcria godart, since it would be rather poor taste in an author 

 to name a species for himself. This is counterbalanced, however, by 

 the appearance on page 799 of another new species under the name of 

 Castnia latrcille! 



The case certainly favors Godart's authorship of these species, in 

 spite of the common attachment of Latreille's name to them, and it 

 seems to the writer a matter or sheer justice that the change should 

 be made. A thought is suggested by this, viz., that it is all too easy to 

 be careless about reading introductory matter, perhaps more in syste- 

 matic treatises than in others. A. W. LINDSEY, M. S., PH. D., Denison 

 University, Granville, Ohio. 



A Note on Timema calif ornicum Scudder (Orthoptera; Phasmidae). 



This strange little Phasmid has attracted the attention of the present 

 writer at various times during the past few years, with the result that 

 it is possible to add a few field notes to those given by Hebard in the 

 latest discussion of the species 1 . 



In the case of this particular species the only food plant indicated 

 by Hebard is fir, although T. chumash Hebard, the only other member 

 of the genus is recorded as having been swept from Ceanothus. I have 

 at various times taken single specimens of T. calif ornicum purely by 

 accident, finding them upon clothing or insect net after passing through 

 the "chapparal" (which is simply the western word for brush) with 

 which many of our hills are covered. As the "chamise," Adenostoma 

 fasciculatum, is the most abundant member of the chapparal association 

 it appeared probable that this was the normal host. However, a visit 

 to the brush-covered top of Loma Prieta Mountain near San Jose, 

 California (altitude 3000 feet) on June fourth, 1921, produced evidence 

 that the normal host is really another shrub, the "silk tassel," Garrya 

 rlliptica. Of twenty specimens secured, eighteen were jarred from 

 one or two shrubs of this particular plant, one was found on the ground 

 and one was taken in general sweeping. None were found on Ade- 

 nostoma. The species is evidently abundant, if sought for in the right 

 time and place, for scarcely a quarter of an hour was necessary to 

 obtain these. 



The published descriptions of the species have evidently been based 



1 The genus Timema, etc., Hebard, Ent. Neivs, 31: 126-132. (1920). 



