156 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '06 



Disonycha, Reduviidae, Aradidae, ants, and sluggish, immature 

 scorpions. 



The Orthoptera received especial attention. The previous 

 frosts had apparently killed 'all grasshoppers in level, open 

 lands and other exposed situations, but they were still fairly 

 common where protected by trees, weeds, brush, or sloping 

 banks, as in the grassy hollows about College Station. At 

 Galveston they were somewhat more generally distributed. 

 Out of about 1,200 insects collected, over 800 were Orthop- 

 tera. The largest collection of Orthoptera in any one day 

 came from the Houston locality, where 108 were taken on 

 January 6th. No Phasmidae or Mantidae were observed in any 

 stage, and the L/ocustidae were represented only by a few Cono- 

 cephalus, some of these being under shelter, as if hibernating. 

 Some of the 'hoppers were getting pretty ragged, but in gen- 

 eral they were in fair condition. The following is an anno- 

 tated list of the species, including some other Texas records. 

 These are mostly from specimens received from Mr. Conradi, 

 now in the collection of the Illinois State Laboratory of 

 Natural History, in which all the above material has been 

 placed. The four localities are cited by their initials, using 

 " B." for the Brazos River bottoms. The dates have already 

 been given for each place, and need not be stated in detail. 



LIST OF THE ORTHOPTERA. 



Anisolabis inaritinia Bon. B., 19 adults and nymphs. Under logs 

 about farm buildings, near the high river-bank. New to Texas, and un- 

 usual so far inland. 



Labia burgessi Scudd. H., 9 adults, 8 nymphs. Found under the 

 loose bark of a large fallen pine, in company with the next species, from 

 which it scarcely differs, except in the obtected and apparently function- 

 less wings, and the smaller tegmina. A Florida species, new to Texas. 



Labia guttata Scudd. H., 3 adults, 9 nymphs. Found with the pre- 

 ceding, as stated. 



Ischnoplera? spp. C., B., G., 7 nymphs. Under boards, etc. 



Kakerlac americana Scudd (Lobopiera). "Tex." (Bolter Coll.) New 

 to Texas. 



Periplaneta americana Linn. G., 4 examples ; C. (Coll. I. S. L. N. 

 H.) This is the dominant roach in Houston and Galveston. 



Oligonyx scudderi Sauss. C. (Coll. I. L. N. H.) 



