288 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Orophus Sauss.— Under this generic name appears the aggregation of 



species usually listed under Microceiitrum. Our common insect usually 



known as Microcentrum laurifoliiiin is now Orophus rhombifoliutn, the 



true laurifolium being a species from Caymans, and belonging to the 



genus Microcentrum as here used. Our well-known Microcentrum 



retinervis now becomes Orophus retinervis, a change unnecessary were 

 the first species rule a law. 



Amblycorypha, Stal. — A. Saussurei, Bruner, I do not find in the 

 Catalogue. It was very poorly described in Bull. Washb. Coll., i, p. 195 

 (1886), from specimens which the describer has recently written me were 

 taken near Washington, D. C. The name should be entered in the 

 synonymy under A. oblongifolia. 



Cyrtophyllus, Burm. — This genus is replaced by Pterophylla, Kirby, 

 described in Kirby and Spence's Introd. EntomoL, ed. v, vol. ii, p. 218 

 (1828). Camellifolia, Fabr., is designated as the type. This species 

 replaces /^rjr/zVz7/a//<;^ of the same author. The Gryllus perspicillatus of 

 Linnjeus, wrongly quoted by Scudder as the same insect as the 

 perspicillatus of Fabricius, is not, so far as I can find, mentioned in the 

 Catalogue. 



Conocephalus, Thunberg. — This genus is placed in the synonymy 

 wndtr Anisoptera, Latr., and the species so long associated with it are 

 placed in the genus Conocephaloides of Perkins. The publication 

 containing the original reference to Conocephalus is at present unavailable, 

 and I am thus unable to determine if I agree in the suppression of the 

 name or not. Hebes, Scudd., is listed as a distinct species, but is not 

 marked as being present in the collection of the British Museum. As 

 Scudder himself places this species in the synonymy under tiieii, that is 

 very likely its proper place. 



Orchelimum, Serv. — Vulgare, Harris, usually listed as a synonym of 

 agilis, DeG., is listed as a distinct species, and, I believe, properly so. 

 O. gracile, Harr., is removed from the synonymy under Xiphidion 

 /asciatum, where it is usually placed, and listed as a distinct species of 

 Orchelimum. This I believe an incorrect step. No specimens of the 

 species were before Mr. Kirby, nor is any insect known in the eastern 

 United States that agrees with Harris's figure. The description given by 

 Harris agrees very well with X. fasciatum, but does not agree with his 

 figure, which represents the ovipositor as being decidedly falcate. The 



