19i THE entomologist's RECORD. 



America, Australia and parts of Africa. These are the only species 

 recorded by Krauss except Anisolahis via.viiiia, Brulle, a very striking 

 and well marked earwig peculiar to the islands, and common enough 

 there under stones. A. major, Brulle, certainly refers to immature 

 specimens. Since the publication of Krauss' paper, four new species 

 of apterous Forficula have been described, namely, F. cabrerae, Bol., 

 F. gnancliaria, Heller, F. canariends, Burr, and F. u.voris, Heller; 

 they are all rare, the last two being based on unique specimens, all 

 have abbreviated elytra, and probably will require a special genus for 

 their reception. They afford a strongly characteristic feature, but are- 

 outdone in peculiarity by Anataelia caaariemis previously referred to. 



In the cockroaches, there are the usual cosmopolitan species, and 

 four endemic species, Hololawpm hivittata, Brulle, sole representative 

 of an extensive South European apterous genus, Holocompsa duionyi, 

 Kr. (Tenerife), and Loboptera furtunata, Kr., a good-sized chestnut- 

 coloured representative of the common Mediterranean L. dedpienSf 

 Germar, only recorded as yet from the island of La Palma. Holocompsa 

 vestita, Brulle, has not yet been satisfactorily identified. 



In the Mantids, there are four species, with one peculiar genus. 

 The common European Mantis relii/iosa, L., is numerous enough. 

 Then there is Parameles limbata, Brulle, of which M. f/racilis, Brulle, 

 is probably a synonym, the remarkable Blepharis mendica, Fabr., a. 

 green and Avhite mottled leaf -mantis, which occurs also in North 

 Africa, and the elegant local representative of the Mediterranean- 

 genus Kiiipnsa and of the Ethiopian Idolomorpha, Sauss., namely 

 Hypsicori/p/ia jnliae, Kr. 



The total absence of Phasmids is not remarkable in an insular fauna. 



The Acridian fauna is chiefly notable for the poverty in small 

 grasshoppers. Stenobothnis is only represented by -S'. simoiiyi, Kr.,. 

 discovered by Simony in Lanzarote, and S. epacromioides, described 

 first by Krauss from Senegal, where it plays the part of an outlying 

 representative of a truly Palfearctic genus. Krauss describes a local 

 variant under the name of var. nit/rovittata. Simony took Acrida 

 um/iiicidata, Ramb., in the Grand Canary and Oxycoryp/iKs compressi- 

 collis, Latr., appears to be the insect referred to by Brulle under the- 

 name of tereticornis. It has not been recorded since. Fpacromia 

 strepens, Latr., and E. thalassina, Fabr., are both numerous, the latter 

 being perhaps the commonest and most widely distributed grasshopper 

 in the islands. Staiironotus maroccanus, Thunb., also occurs. In the 

 Oedipodidae, we find O. canariensis, Kr., a local race of O. caendescens, 

 L., Sphinifonottts caerulans, L., is common ; in Tenerife, it occurs 

 from sea-level up to nearly 10,000 feet, and there is a local species 

 S. canariensis, Lucas, which is imperfectly separated from S. saviynyi. 

 Krauss records also as distinct 8. asper, Brulle, from Lanzarote and 

 Graciosa. I have in my collection three old specimens taken by Fea 

 in Lanzarote ; they were determined by de Bormans as Spli. callosiis, 

 but are probably to be referred to 6'. asper, Brulle. All three European 

 species of Acrolytus occur, but A. longipes, Charp., is the least common.. 

 Tlialpomena picteti, Kr., is peculiar as being a member of a North 

 African, but Palfearctic genus. 



Oedipoda fuscocincta, Luc, an Algerian species, is recorded by 

 Brunner, and the handsome Quiroyesia brullei, mentioned from several 

 islands, but not found by me, is another species found also in Northern 



