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M. Henri de Saussure has recently published an article which adds 

 materially to our knowledge of the Kmuaxtandae. It is entitled, 

 " Analecta Eutomologica, XL Notice sur la Tribu des Eumastaciens " 

 {licvite Suisae de Zoulo//w, T. ii., 1903, pp. 43-112, pi. 13). The 

 author adds a new species to the recently restored genus, P/n/Uochoreia, 

 Westwood, and, in a synoptical table, suggests a new genus for the two 

 species, Plaijiotriptus rotundifram, Burr, and P. insnlaris, Burr, but 

 he neither characterises (except in the table) nor names it. Choroetypus 

 he again examines ; he comes to the conclusion that C. fencntratus of 

 Brunner (from Borneo) is a distinct species, and that the C. fenes- 

 tratKH of Burr is probably identical with C. Iiaanii, Brunner, of 

 which C. fiallinacetis, Fabr., of Brunner, is probably a variety, rightly 

 united by Burr with the C. fenestratns of Brunner. As a matter of 

 fact, the C. fenestrattis of Serville, which is the type of the genus, 

 probably includes several species, hence the consequent confusion ; 

 the real C. feurstrattis of Serville is a native of India, whereas the 

 ('. fenestratKs of Brunner and Burr is from Borneo; Serville's species, 

 also, has the distinct transparent spot through the pronotum, which 

 Burr suggests may be highly variable, and too unstable to be used as a 

 specific character. De Saussure appears to have found the real C. 

 fenestratiis of Serville, that is the Indian form ; while the specimens 

 recorded under this name from Borneo by Brunner and Burr are 

 probably a distinct species, very likely C. haanii, Brunner, or some 

 allied form. The C. fenestratiis of de Haan appears certainly to be 

 the same as C. haanii of Brunner, quite distinct from Serville's 

 species. M. de Saussure then considers the true identity of 

 (.'. (/allinaceus, Fabr. He agrees with Brunner in separating (:. 

 tfallinaceits from C. tiionachm^: Burr unites Brunner's C. nionaelins with 

 his ('. (lallinaceioi, Haan ; de Saussure decides that the C. tfallinaceus 

 of de Haan and Burr is a true species, namely, C. wonachn^i, Brunner, 

 while C. tiaUinact-as of Brunner is a distinct and good species ; 

 ('. ceyluniciis, Karsch, he ranges in OrchetypKS : and to Scirtotypu!^ he 

 adds a species, S. finoti, from the Gaboon, the first African species of 

 the genus ; to the Eriantliites he adds the genns Henri eriant/i its, with. 

 the single species H. gabonicus, Sauss., the first of the family to be 

 described from Africa ; to Erianthm he adds four new species, all 

 Asiatic. The difficult genus Krucius, Stal., is rearranged, and two 

 new species from Borneo are described. The curious South Indian 

 genus Ma.stacide.s, Bolivar, receives a new species from the same 

 locality. The family Episactitea is enriched by Parepisaetm mltator, 

 from Costa Rica and Guatemala, and by an Old World form, Mallayassa 

 (n.g.) coniceps, from Madagascar. Among the Enmastacites proper, 

 E. dentatus, from Costa Rica, is new, as also Parawasta.v hrevipennis, 

 P. taeniata, and P. facialis, all from tropical America ; a new 

 genus, named Scirtomastax, is erected for an apterous form, 8. 

 cordillerae, in which we must probably range the apterous forms 

 Eitmastax surinaina and E. rosenberyi. Burr. An anomalous genus, 

 Xantliomastax, is erected for A', crassipes, from the Northern Celebes, 

 and A', fnrcatiis, from New Guinea. If this be a true member of this 

 family, it is the first Old World form ; it differs in many respects from 

 true Eumastax, but appears to be more nearly allied to it than to any 

 other genus. In the Therideites, the genus EuacJimidtia is enlarged by 

 the addition of six species, all from Madagascar, The article from the 

 pen of this veteran orthopterist is a welcome addition to our know- 



