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Show Henderson, Levi: 1938] Walking-Sticks Found tn Utah 97 Ross Hardy, instructor in biology at the Carbon County High School, Price, Utah, reports+ that one of his students collected two specimens of walking-sticks in Price in September, 1937. Mr. Hardy also collected them in Spring Canyon in September and October, 1934, in Sunnyside in the autumn of 1935, and in Price in September and October, 1936. The six specimens that have been examined are of the species with the short antennae (Para bacillus coloradus Scudder). Rex B. Snow, Utah Audubon Society, reported- observation of walking sticks in Pine Valley, Utah, in the summers of 1934, 1935, and 1936. Pseudosermyle truncata Caudell This species is very completely described by Caudell from one female from Bright Angel, Arizona, and one female and six male specimens from Los Angeles County, California. Utah specimens are as follows: Brigham Young University collection 1 male specimen, Milford, Utah, Aug., 1929-Vasco M. Tanner, collector 1 female specimen, Kane County, Utah, June, 1936-V. M. Tanner, col lector 1 female specimen, Hanksville, Wayne County, Utah, Aug., 1930-W. D. Stanton, collector Literature Cited (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) 4 5 Say, Thomas 1824 Long's Second Expedition, St. Peter's River. Philadelphia. Vol. 1, p. 297. Harris, T. W. 1841 Insects Injurious to Vegetation. Boston. p. 119. Scudder, S. H. 1901 The Species of Diapheromera (Phasmidae) found in the United States and Canada. Psyche 9: 189. Scudder, S. H. 1902 Original Description of Para bacillus colortulus. Davenport Academy of Science, Proceedings 14: 21. Caudell, A. N. 1903 The Phasmidae or Walking-sticks of the United States. U. S. National Museum, Proceedings 26: 863-885, plates. Kirby, W. E. 1904 A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London. Tanner, V. M. 1927 Notes on Orthoptera and Dermaptera from Utah. Pan Pacific Entomologist 3: 178-79. Tanner, V. M. 1929 Studies in Utah Orthoptera. Utah Academy Sciences, Pro ceedings 6: 30-31. Personal letter to senior author, under By letter dated November 23, 1937. date of November 20, 1937. |