]iii' Journal New York Entomological Society. [Vol. xiv, 



There are two females of a species of Xiphidium at hand which are 

 determined as above. They were received from Mr. G. E. Trvhane, 

 of St. Anne's, Trinidad. 



96. Thysdrus virens Thunberg. 



Thysdrus virens Thunb., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb., V, p. 274 (1815); Redt., 

 Monog. Conocephal., p. 224, 538 (1891). 



Phlu>*is chrysopa Bol., Orthopt. Cuba, p. 37 (18S8). 



Four female specimens from H. D. Chipman and one from Mr. 

 Tryhane represent this widely distributed species. 



97. Thysdrus mantispa Bolivar. 



Ph lu^is mantispa Bol., Orthopt. Cuba, p. 39 (18S8). 



Only a single specimen of this insect is at hand. It comes from 

 H. D. Chipman who took it on the Island of Trinidad. 



Family GRYLLIlCF. 



Subfamily Gryli.otali'IN.-e. 



98. Gryllotalpa hexadactyla Perty. 



Gryllotalpa hexadactyla Pert}', Del. Anim. Artie. Brasil, p. 119, pi. 23, fig. 9 

 (1830). 



This widely distributed mole cricket of the tropics was taken by 

 Chipman. One specimen is before me. 



99. Scapteriscus didactylus Latreille 



Gryllotalpa didactyla Latr., Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins., XII, p. 122 (1S02). 

 Scapteriscus didactylus Scudd., Mem. Peabody Acad. Sci., I, p. 10, pi. 1, 

 figs. 1,14 (1869). 



This second mole cricket was collected by both Broadway and 

 Chipman. A number of specimens are in the collections which form 

 the bases for this report. This insect is a plague in some of the 

 sugar cane fields of tropical America. 



Subfamily Tridactvlin/E. 



100. Tridactylus (Heteropus) histrio Saussure. 



Tridactylus (Heteropus) histrio Sauss., Biol. Cent. Amei Orthopt., I, p. 207 

 (1S96). 



There are several specimens of this little cricket before me. They 

 were collected by H. D. Chipman on the Island of Trinidad. 



101. Rhipipteryx rivularia Saussure. 



Rhipipteryx rivularia ^auss., Biol. Cent. Amer. Orthopt., I, p. 212, pi. XI, 



fig. 20 (1896). 



