126 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Genus Mormotus Karsch. 



Mormotus Karsch, Ent. Nachr., XVI, pp. 269, 276 (1890); Ib., Berlin. Ent. 

 Zeitschr., XXXVI, p. 109 (1891); Brunner, Mon. Pseudoph., pp. 17, 153 



(1895). 



Mormotus is still another Pseudophyllid genus, all the described 

 species of which are confined to tropical Africa. Eight species are 

 known. 



66. Mormotus montesi Bolivar. 



Platyphyllum montesi Bolivar, An. Soc. Espan., XV, p. 347 (1886). 

 Mormotus obtiisalus Brunner, I. c, pp. 154, 155 (1895). 

 Mormotus montesi Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., II, p. 323 (1906). 



A female specimen from Lolodorf, is placed here. It was collected 

 by A. I. Good. C. M. Ace. No. 5264. 



Genus Hoplidostylus Karsch. 



Hoplidostylus Karsch, Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr., XXXVIII, pp. 136, 138 (1893); 

 Brunner, Mon. Pseudoph., pp. 17, 157 (1895). 



The present genus contains only a single species, so far as known. 



67. Hoplidostylus argillatus Karsch. 



Hoplidostylus argillatus Karsch, I. c, p. 138, fig. 20 (1893); Brunner, I. c, p. 158 



(1895)- 



The species is represented by a single somewhat mutilated female 

 from Banza Manteka in the Belgian Congo. It was collected by A. L. 

 Bain. C. M. Ace. No. 4601. A second specimen, also a female, 

 with excessively long antennae, from Lolodorf is also doubtfully 

 placed in this species, although it does not quite agree with the 

 diagnosis as given by Brunner v. Wattenwyl in his Monograph of the 

 Pseudophyllidae. The specimen was collected by x\. I. Good. C. M. 

 Ace. No. 5264. 



Family MECOPODID.E. 



The * Meco pod idcB are one of the tropical families of long-horned 

 grasshoppers, which are fairly well represented in Africa. The family 

 contains some remarkably bizarre forms. Practically all of these 

 insects are obscurely colored, and evidently spend the greater part 

 of their lives on or near the ground among fallen leaves and other 

 dead and decaying vegetation. 



