92 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



ba.vteri form, of L. nickerlii, and of the genitalia of both L. (luencei and 

 L. testacea. Unfortunately, the legend on the plate is inadequate and 

 misleading, and the undoubted difference of the imagines figured is 

 minimised by the dominance of the deep black background. 



In the March number of the succeeding volume of the Eutdwolof/ist, 

 vol. xliii., pp. 75-78 (1910), Mr. E. R. Banks, traces the history of the 

 three original specimens of L. (fiieneei. since their capture in 1862 ("?), 

 gives the results of his careful comparison of the type specimens with 

 the two species L. teatacea and L. nkkerUi, in favour of absolute 

 distinction, discusses the idea of time changing the colour suffusion of 

 \B,v. baxleri to the. "pale testaceous" of the type, and withholds his 

 judgment as to the specific distinction of L. nickerlii, until more 

 definite knowledge is forthcoming. At the same time he utters a word 

 of warning against the modern tendency, to consider the distinctness 

 of the form of the genitalia as the final and predominant test in the 

 differentiation of species. 



{To he continued.) 



Orthoptera in the Canary Islands. 



By MALCOLM BURR, D.Sc, F.E.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



For many years I had been looking forward to an opportunity of 

 collecting in tlae Canary Islands. The Fauna is so interesting, and 

 contains so large a proportion of peculiar forms that, although species 

 are not numerous, the islands are well worth systematic collecting. 



The first and most important modern contribution to our 

 knowledge of their Orthoptera is a paper by Krauss, entitled 

 Sijtiteiiiatisclies \'erteieJnms tier Canarisc/teii. Deniiapteren iind Orthop- 

 teren- viit Diw/nosen der neaen LiattiDKjen und Arten, published in 

 the Z()(d()!iisc/ier Anzeif/er, no. 390, 1892. Including records from 

 all sources, Kraiiss enumerated sixty-four species, including 

 Dermaptera ; of these he describes thirteen as new, and erects 

 six new genera, for one of which he requires a new sub-family. 

 Most of the material was collected on an expedition to the islands in 

 May and June, 1889, by Brunner von Wattenwyl, Krauss, and A. 

 Pictet. A disadvantage of a visit so early in the season is, that some of 

 the new forms are only found in an immature condition. For 

 instance, the remarkable creature Orophila nuhiiiena, Kr., which has 

 features recalling both the Meconeminae and Pneudophijlliuae, and yet 

 requires a new tribal name, (h-opidlinae, is only known from an 

 immature male. 



In the following year, 1893, Bolivar published {Act. Soc. Kspan. 

 H.N. (2), ii., 1893, p. 35) an account of the Orthoptera of the Canaries 

 based on material collected there by M. Charles Alluaud. Bolivar 

 added one or two novelties, and gives a catalogue of Canarian species 

 from all sources, enumerating 76; this number is approximately 

 correct, since one or two of the doubtful ones must probably be sup- 

 pressed, and a few new ones have been described since. 



We landed at Las Palmas, capital of the Grand Canary, early in 

 the morning of Friday, September 9th, and at once drove up to the 

 village of Santa Brigida, near which there is a comfortable hotel, 

 which we made our headquarters for about a week. 



The scenery is quite meridional : the red volcanic earth all burnt 



