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same locality. Epacromia thalanfiina, Latr., is the common grasshopper 

 of the island. It swarms everywhere. I found it in all stages of 

 growth in the grass borders in the Botanic Gardens, and every ribeira, 

 or dry torrent, swarms with it, for there are no other uncultivated 

 spots in the lower levels, all the hillsides being given over to vineyards, 

 sugar-cane, and banana plantations. Stanronotiis inaroccanm, Thunb., 

 is recorded from the island by Kirby, but I do not know his authority. 



The Oedipodidac are represented by Pachi/ti/lns danicns, L., which is 

 common everywhere, by Oedaleiis vii/rofasciatufi, De Geer, which occurs 

 sparingly in the lower levels, but in great number? in the mountains. 

 I did not come across Sjiliiju/oiiotns caendonx, L., but there are 

 specimens in the Museum ; it is recorded from the island by Branner. 

 Serville describes a species which evidently resembles Acrotylns 

 insubrlcHS, Scop.; he names it OeJipnda maderae {(h-th. p. 730, 1839), 

 which de Saussure sinks as a queried synonym of TJuiljiouiena ahjeriana, 

 and for this reason, Kirby records it under the name of Thalpouiena 

 waderae. Probably it is Acrotijlus insnbriciis, as this is a common South 

 European species, which extends as far as the Canaries, and there is no 

 improbability in its occurring in Madeira, though I failed to find it. 



The Acridiidae are represented by Caloptenus italiciis, L., which is 

 common. The Madeiran race differs somewhat from the continental 

 form in the rather deeper crimson wings. Once at least Sch into cere a 

 peiyi/rina, Oliv., has struggled over from Africa. No other Acridian 

 Ortlioptera have been as yet noted. 



In the Locustine groups, Phaneroptera nana, Charp., is very 

 common in the ornamental shrubs in the hotel gardens; it hides 

 daring the daytime, but at night-fall, its presence is betrayed by an 

 intangible Us tss among the branches, very difficult to locate. 

 Conncephalas nitididiis, Scop., is not rare in some ribeiras. Decticiis 

 albifrons, Fabr., is said by Padre Barreto to be common, but I did not 

 chance to come across it. It is also recorded by Kirby. Vlattjdeis 

 (jvisea, Fabr., occurs also, but is not common ; I took it sparingly in 

 the higher slopes of the Grand Corral. It is also recorded by Kirby. 

 Platijdeis barntii, Barr, is a new species, described below, of which I 

 took one pair on the grassy slopes at an elevation of at least 5,000 ft. ; 

 it is related to P. t/risea, but its shortened wings and elytra give it a 

 superficial resemblance to Oh/nthoscdis <jiiseoaptera, De Geer. 



In the crickets Bolivar records Gnjllns hispanicua, and Lingnjlliis 

 biwacnlatns is represented in the collection, and I found several 

 immature specimens, but did not come across an adult. After dusk 

 the chirp of the crickets may be heard, but not so intense as in the 

 Canaries or on the mainland. Perhaps L. caiiipcstiia occurs too, but 

 I saw none of its iridescent larvie ; and I cannot distinguish its 

 stridulation from that of its more southern congener. 



Platycleis barretii, sp.n.— Statura modica ; griseo-testacea ; 

 elytra fortiter abbreviata, grisea, obtusa ; pronotum depressum, lobis 

 defiexis, margine postico et infero albo-marginatis ; cerci S' prope 

 apicem dentati ; ovipositor vix incurvus, pronoto duplo longior. 



Long, corporis ... ... 15mm. ... iGmm. 



,, pronoti 5mm. ... 5mm. 



,, elytroruni ... 4. 5mm. ... 4mm. 



„ femor. post. ... 15mm. ... 16mm. 



„ ovipositoris ... — ... 11mm. 



