104 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Representatives of the genus Atractomorpha are common through- 

 out most oriental countries. Especially is this true of the warmer 

 regions. Some of the species are the common and even destructive 

 "grasshoppers" of the countries where found. Several of them occur 

 in both green and testaceous color-forms, while still others possess 

 individuals which are even strongly tinged with rufous, vinaceous, and 

 purple hues. At least six distinct species of the genus have been 

 recognized from African territor}-, only two of which are contained 

 in the present collections. 



23. Atractomorpha aberrans Karsch. 



Atractomorpha aberrans Karsch, Ent. Nachr., IV, p. 333 (1888); Bolivar, Bol. 



Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., V, pp. 197, 200 (1905)- 



The species aberrans Karsch is represented by five males and five 

 females. They were collected in April and May, 1914, at Batanga 

 by F. H. Hope. C. M. Ace. No. 5293. 



24. Atractomorpha gerstaeckeri Bolivar. 



Atractomorpha gerstcBckeri Bolivar, An. Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., XHI, pp. 64, 66 



(1884); Ib., Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., V, pp. 198, 208 (1905)- 

 Truxalis crenulatus Beauvois {nee Fabricius), Ins. Afr. Amer., p. 79, Orth., pi. 3, 



figs, la, lb (1805). 

 Pyrgotnorpha crenulata Gerst.«cker (nee Fabr.), Arch. Naturg., XXXV (i), p. 

 216 (1869); Ib., Von der Decken's Reise in Ost-Africa, Ins., p. 34 (1869). 

 Four males and six females are referred to this species, which seems 

 to be quite widely distributed. It has been found in western, eastern, 

 and southern Africa. The specimens before me are labelled, "Congo 

 (Antisdel), C. M. Ace. 2315," i 9 ; "Batanga, Kamerun, F. H. Hope, 

 Coll., C. M. Ace. No. 5293," 4 cf , 4 9 ; and "Lolodorf, Kamerun, 

 A. I. Good, C. M. Ace. No. 5264," i 9 • 



Family CYRTACANTHACRID.F:. 



(Acridiida^.) 



This family of locusts contains by far the greatest number of genera 

 and species in almost all countries of both the Orient and Occident, 

 as well as in the larger islands of the seas. Very many of them are 

 true "grasshoppers" i.e., they live among the grasses and low herbage 

 of meadow, prairie, hillside, mountain slopes, clearings, and like 



