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Habitat. Valley of Black Mts., N. C., taken by Mr. Wm. 

 Beutenmiiller on Aug. 23. 



Type. One male in excellent condition in Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., N. Y. 



Differing from' all known eastern species of the genus by the 

 deep ochreous band crossing the fore wings on outer two- 

 thirds. 



Three new species of Acrididae (Orthoptera) from 



California. 



BY JAMES A. G. REHN. 



The following new forms were contained in a series of Cali- 

 fornian Orthoptera submitted to me by Prof. C. F. Baker. 



Hippiscus sierra n. sp. 



Type : 9 ; Mt. Tyndall, elevation 12,000 feet, Tulare Co., 

 California. (C. F. Baker.) [Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila.] 



Closely allied to Hippiscus calthuhis Saussure from Nevada 

 and croceus Scudder from Idaho. The relationship to the for- 

 mer is not as close as to the latter, from which sierra differs in 

 the intercalary vein being placed nearer the median than the 

 ulnar vein, in the fusion of the axillary with the anal vein, in 

 the much narrower, shorter and weaker fuscous band of the 

 wing, and in the reddish instead of citron disk of the latter. 

 The structure of the pronotum as described in croceus agrees 

 very closely with the new form, which may be separated from 

 calthuhis by the much smaller size, the broader band of the 

 wing, the color of the internal face of the caudal femora and 

 that of the caudal tibiae. 



Size small (for the genus); form robust. Head with the occiput not 

 elevated ; fastigium moderately declivent, about as wide as long ; the 

 cephalic width about half the median, due to the distinct subtrigonal 

 lateral foveolae ; caudal boundary of the fastigium marked by an irregu- 

 lar transverse carina ; median carina distinct, but not high on the occiput 

 and fastigium ; interspace between the eyes about twice the width of the 

 dorsal portion of the frontal costa ; a pair of depressions are placed be- 

 tween the fastigium and frontal costa, which latter is narrow dorsad, ex- 

 panding regularly ventrad except for a slight constriction ventrad of the 

 ocellus, a slightly depressed area present around the ocellus but otherwise 

 only irregularly punctate ; eyes hardly prominent, subovoid in outline, 



