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20. Taphronota thaelophora (Stoll)? 

 Gryllus Lociista thcElophorus Stoll, Spectres Saut., p. 32, pi. 16b, fig. 59 (1813). 

 Taphronota thczlophora Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., Ill, p. 310 (1910). 



Two males, three females, and a nymph of the latter sex, seem to 

 agree more closely with Stoll's thcclophonis than with any of the other 

 described species. They are accordingly referred to it. They bear 

 the labels: " Batanga, Kamerun, F. H. Hope, Coll. C. M., Ace. 5293," 

 I cf, 29,1 nymph; " Lolodorf , Kamerun, A. I. Good, Col. C. M. 

 Ace. 5264," I cf , I 9 . 



Genus Rutidoderes Westwood. 

 Riitidoderes Westwood, in Drury, III. Exot. Ent., I, pp. 119, 120 (1837). 

 Peristegns Bolivar, An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., XIII, pp. 25,469,497 (1884); 



Ib., Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., IV, p. 401 (1904); Ib., Gen. Ins., Fasc. 90, Orth. 



Acrid. Pyrg., pp. i 6, 17 (1909). 



21. Rutidoderes squarrosus (Linnteus). 



Gryllus Lociista squarrosus Linn.eus, Mant. Plant., p. 533 (1771). For a rather 

 full synonymy of this species see Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., Ill, p. 311. 



There are two male specimens of this interesting locust at hand, 

 which are from Lolodorf, where they were collected by A. I. Good in 

 February, 1913, and July, 1914. C. M. Ace. No. 5264. 



Genus ZoNOCERUS Stal. 

 Zonocerus Stal, CEf. Vet.-Akad. Forh., XXX (4), p. 51 (1873); Ib., Recens. 

 Orth., I, pp. 10, 16 (1873); Bolivar, An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., XIII, pp. 

 25, 457, 497 (1884); Ib., Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., IV, p. 418 (1904); Ib., Gen. 

 Ins., Fasc. 90, Orth. Acrid. Pyrg., pp. 17, 19 (1909). 



22. Zonocerus variegatus (Linuccus). 



Gryllus Locusla variegatus Linn.eus, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10), I, p. 432 (1758); Ib., 

 Mus. Ludov. Ulr., p. 144 (1764). For the synonymy of this species see Kirby 

 Syn. Cat. Orth., Ill, p. 316. 

 The present collection contains specimens of Z. variegatus as follows: 



Batanga (F. H. Hope), 2 cf , C. M. Ace. No. 5293; and Congo (Antis- 



del), I cf , C. M. Ace. No. 2315. 



Genus Atractomorpha Saussure. 

 Atractomorpha Saussure, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (4), I, p. 474 (1861); Stal, 

 Recens. Orth., I, p. 10 (1873); Bolivar, An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., XIII, pp. 

 23, 63, 495 (1884); Ib., Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., V, p. 196 (1905); Ib., Gens. 

 Ins., Fasc. 90, Orth. Acrid. Pyrg., p. 39 (1909), etc. 



