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specimen taken was collected at night with the 
01 a fasierh, stridulating loudly on a low green bush. 
when approached it did not cease its stridulation, but 
t up a loud and constant zick, rick, zick, zick, bcWaswad much 
ou pemare: Sendieris but far louder. Other individuals 
cr d stridulating loudly during the night until just be- 
deavoring to capture other specimens during the eve- 
gone was located in a high oak tree, another about twelve 
Bie the ground in a dense bush, another in a tangle of 
s near the ground and others, including the specimen 
in low green bushes on the mountain side. All 
ilecting was done after dark which made it very difficult 
locate the specimens, and, although they did not move until 
ached very closely, they usually ceased their song when 
1. One which I succeeded in almost grasping es- 
»y tumbling down into the thick weeds under its perch. 
New? Scocalasitec. 
» By H. C. Fatt. 
BIN Geitiis alds oricierllydesigned to make known 
esting new species of Thyce discovered by Mr. G. H. 
_ Field, of San Diego, in the summer of 1906. The opportun- 
teeny hose. to add descriptions of two species of 
_ Lachnosterna and a Polyphylla which appear to be without 
names. The relation of cach of these to previously described 
Bier is made known, and there is therefore little use 
in monographic treatment of their genera of which 
there is either little need or small prospect in the near fu- 
ture, 
