142 THE entomologist's record. 



Although Stephens does not notice it, Latreille's citation of the 

 name as inirinnalif! in 1816 perhaps helps to confirm this last sugges- 

 tion ; but, in any case, the original diagnosis suffices to bar I.ythria 

 jMirpiiraria as a possible type. Moreover, his diagnosis of 1809 includes 

 a definite mention of sixteen legs for the larva. It is clear that an 

 absolutely mechanical chronological restriction would make the type 

 erir/atiis {=:an(jiistalis), the only ))<>ssible one mentioned in 1801, and 

 the first one on his original list ; nor would his hesitancy in 1809 be 

 fatal, as erii/atiis would alreadtj be fixed, and it is impossible to tie him 

 down to a type concerning which he never vacillated — in 1825, puta- 

 III ixjata want to Hydrocaiiipiis, and culonmn to llitlnjia '. It seems, then, 

 that the right course is to follow Stephens in declaring Clnleobia 

 am/iistaliN, Schiff., to be the type of the genus ; in any case, I shall 

 absolutely reject it from the Geoinetriiies. 



The Genus Gampsocleis, Fieber. 



By MALCOLM BURR, B.A., F.E.S., F.Z.S., etc. 



A. M. Shuguroft', of Kutais, has published a preliminary synopsis 

 of the Eurasian species of the genus (Taoipsodeis, Fieber. As the 

 article in question appears in the Russian language, in a provincial 

 Russian journal, it is perhaps worth while noticing it in some detail. 

 The full title is " Predvaritelnui Obzor Evraziatskih Vidov Roda 

 Irani paodeis, Fieb. (Orthoptera, Phasgonurodea, Decticidse)" : the title 

 is also given in Latin, as follows : — " Synopsis praecursoria specierum 

 Eurasiaticarum generis (iainpsodeis, Fieb. (Orthoptera, Phasgonurodea, 

 DecticidfB)." 



The name Gaw)isodeis is misspelt ( 'ainpaodeis in both places on the 

 title-page, and "Fieb." is misspelt as "Fied." though the orthography 

 is correct in the text. 



It is reprinted from the " Zapiski Novorossiskago Obschchestva 

 Estestvoznania," that is, the " Memoires of the Novorussian Natural 

 History Society, vol. xxxi., 1907 (separated pagination), published at 

 Odessa. 



After a brief preface, in which the Latin names are frequently 

 misspelt, there is a synoptical table of the four species known to occur 

 in Russia, namely, (r. spiniiluso, Kr., tr. jiodolica, Shug., (t. annae, 

 Shug., and G. ijlabra, Herbst, in Russian, and then in Latin. 



The tables are followed by a brief diagnosis of each species with 

 synonymy and distribution. The two new species, G. jnxiolica (from 

 Podolia) and G. annac (from North Central Caucasus) are briefly 

 described. 



There follows a list of the ten species known, as follows: G. t/labra, 

 Herbst, and its Spanish var.rt.s-.so/, BoL, G.abbreviata,iierin. {Balkans); 

 G. nticuuda, Werner (Asia Mmor) ; G. spiniilosa, Kr. (Hoang-Ho and 

 Irkutsk) ; G. podulica, Shug. (Podolia) ; G. annae, Shug. (Caucasus); 



* " Predvaritelnui Obzor Evraziatskih Roda Gampsocleis (recte Gampsocleis, 

 Fieb.), Fied. (Orthoptera, Phasgonurodea, Decticidte)." •' Synopsis prfecursoria 

 specierum Eurasiaticarum generis Gampsocleis, Fied. (Orthoptera, Phasgonurodea, 

 Decticidffi)," by A. M. Shugurow (Odessa). [From the " Zap. Novoross. Obsch. 

 Estestv.," xxxi., 1907 ; " Memoires of the Novorussian Nat. Hist. Soc," Separate 

 pagination, pp. 1-133, spp. n. G. podolica, Shug.. sp. n. (Podolia) (p. 4); 

 G. annae, Shug. (North Central Caucasus) (p. 4).] 



