ACRIDID/E. 655 



2. TiNARiA Sanct^ Helena. 

 Aciidium (Tinaria) Sanctae Helenae, Slal, Eug. Resa, 338. 

 Isle St. Helena. 



Genus 29. OXYPHYMA. 

 Oxyphyma, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xiii. 156. 



1. OxYPHVMA JURINEI. 



Juiinei, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xiii. 157. 

 S. America ? 



Genus 30. CUCULLIGERA. 



Gijllus, Germ., Charp. — Podisma, Cosla — Qi^dipoda, Burnt. — Acridiuni, 

 i/.-5cA.— Cuculligera, Fisch. Ort/i. Eur. 390. 



1. CUCULLIGERA HYSTRIX. 



Gryllus liystiix, Germ. Iter. Dalm. 252, pi. 9, f. 1, 2. Charp. Hor. Ent. 

 176. Germ. Zeits. iii. 314 — CEdipoda liystiix, Burm. Handb. Ent. 

 ii. 644 — Podisma oppulum, Costa, Faun. R. Nap. 44, pi. 4, f. 3 — 

 Cuculligera hystrix, Fisch. Orth. Eur. 391, pi. 15, f. 13. 



S. and E. Europe. 



Genus 31. HETERACRIS. 



Corpus robustum. Vertex subcarinatus, antice siibangulatus; frons 

 late unicarinata. Prothoracis dorsum planum, subtricarinatum ; margines 

 subrotundati. Proslerni spina robusta, obliqua, subarcuata, mesosternum 

 fere atlingens. Alse abdomine longiores. 



Body stout. Head smootb, as broad as tbe fore border of the pro- 

 thorax ; vertex with a very slight keel ; fore part with two broad shallow 

 ridges converging from the eyes, united and forming a broader ridge on 

 the front ; front thinly punctured. Eyes elongate-elliptical, seated trans- 

 versely. Antenna filiform, slender. Prothorax punctured on each side, 

 with a flat disk, with a slight dorsal keel, and with a slight keel on each 

 side ; four transverse impressed lines, the first widely interrupted, the 

 second abbreviated on each side ; fore border, sides and hind border 

 slightly rounded. Proslernal spine stout, oblique, slightly curved, nearly 

 reaching the fore border of the mesosternum. Hind femora a little longer 

 than the abdomen. Hind tibiae a little shorter than the hind femora ; 

 spines stout. Wings longer than the abdomeu. 



Europe. 



1. Heteracbis plorans. 



Gryllus ploraus, Charp. Hor. Ent. 134. Ramb. Faune And. 78. Orth. 

 pi. 47 — Acridium plorans, Serv. Hist. Orth. 683. Charp. Orth. pi. 



