June, '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 179 



Pronotum with the lateral lobes marked dorsad with bistre in the male, 

 all except a distinct bar of buff on the ventral portion of the lateral lobes 

 being obscured. Tegmina of the general color, the anal areas lighter 

 than discoidal in the male, maculations exceedingly faint in the female, 

 and practically absent in the male. Caudal femora with the genicular 

 arches burnt umber ; ventral surface and the tips of the spines on the tibia; 



bistre. 



MEASUREMENTS : 



9 



Length of body, .... 15. mm. 21.5 mm. 



Length of pronotum, 3. 4.4 



Greatest dorsal width of pronotum, . 1.9 " 2.9 



Length of tegmen, 14. " 17.5 " 



Length of caudal femur, .. . 10. " 12. 



A series of twenty-one Barbados specimens have been ex- 

 amined in addition to the types, taken in the months of Janu- 

 ary, August, September and October. Considerable variation 

 is exhibited in the size of the females, two specimens particu- 

 larly (Bay Estate, September 20 and 25, 1902) being little 

 larger than males. The coloration exhibits the great range of 

 variation noticed in the species of this genus, a distinct green 

 phase being contained in the collection and represented by two 

 specimens, one of each sex. Some females are extremely dark 

 colored, which condition is also found in O. punctata, while 

 others are quite pale. 



This species can readily be separated from O. punctata by the 

 characters given in the diagnosis, the more appreciable being 

 the more retreating face and the slenderer caudal femora. 



I take pleasure in dedicating this species to Mr. H. A. Ballon, 

 Entomologist to the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the 

 West Indies, through whose kindness I received the present 

 collection for study. 



SCHISTOCERCA Stal. 

 Schistocerca pallens (Thunberg). 



Barbados. November^, 1902, and June 2, 1903. [No. 10.] 

 One male, three females. 



These specimens have the tegniina more pantherine than in 

 Cuban specimens of this species which have been examined in 

 this connection, but they are no doubt the same. 



This species has been recorded from Cuba, Hayti, Jamaica 

 and St. Vincent in the Antilles. 



