DEC 20 1954 



POMONA COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS No. 2 



VOL. 1, PP. 13-16. NOVEMBER 30, 1903 



INVERTEBRATA PACIFICA. 



Contributions from and through Departmsnt of Biology, Pomona College. 

 Edited bv C. F. BAKER, Chremont. Cal. 



ORTHOPTERA 



FIRST DECADE OF ORTHOPTERA ISSUED IN THE 

 "INVERTEBRATA PACIFICA" SERIES. 



C. F. BAKER. 



The first decade of Orthoptera now being issued to 

 subscribers contains four new species, Professor Morse's 

 descriptions of which are quoted in this paper. He is also 

 authority for all the determinations. All the material for 

 this first decade was collected in Ormsby coun^ty, Nevada,, . 

 by my wife and myself. We took all these, tog-ether with 

 o.thers, in the lower edge of the pine zone west of Carson 

 City, among pine groves and sage brush openings at from 

 1700 to 2000 metres. This first decade is as follows: 



17. Cordillacris affinis Morse n. sp. 

 15. Stenobothrus acutus Morse n. sp. 

 20. Bruneriu shastana Scud. 



310. Aulocara elliottii Thos. 

 307. Hippiscus neglectus Thos. 



5. Trimerotropis Juliana Scudd. 



6. Trimerotropis bifasciata Mc N. 



18. Hesperotettix Nevadensis Morse n. sp. 



19. Oedaleonotus enigma Scudd. 



24. Bradynotes compacta Morse n. sp. 

 Of these No. 310 was abundant, Nos. 6, 307 and 19 

 were fairly common, Nos. 17, 15, 20, 5 and 18 were infre- 

 quent and local. Perhaps the most interesting species is 



