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The tegmina in velox always exceeds the caudal femora in length, 

 while in vicina they do not equal it. This is apparently the only 

 method of distinguishing the males of the two species. 



Another rather interestmg character noticed is that in velox the 

 dorsal aspect of the pronotum is uniform wood-brown, while in 

 vicina it is greenish in all the specimens examined but one. Fab- 

 ricius with little doubt had velox as restricted by Brunner, as his 

 description particularly mentions the brown surface of the pro- 

 notum. 



Loousta^ japonica (Bolivar). 



1899. Acridium Japonicum Bolivar, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 

 Geneva, XXXIX, p. 98. 



Twenty-four specimens, 15 males, 9 females. 



Japan. Dr. H. C. Wood (1). 



Yokohama, Japan. Rev. H. Loomis (23)-, Kehn Collection. 



This species possesses a dull, uniformly colored phase of which 

 three representatives are in the series examined. 



Burr' erroneously credits this species to Burmeister, probably 

 through a slip of the pen. 



Coptacra foedata (Serville)? 



1839. Acridium f(K datum Serville, Orthopteres, p. 663. 



Six specimens, 1 male, 5 females. 



Japan. Dr. H. C. Wood. 



As these specimens have been immersed for a considerable time 

 in spirits, little can be determined on comparison with Serville' s 

 description. It is mainly by the elimination of C. prcemorsa 

 Slal, of which cyanoptera Stal and annulipes Bolivar appear to be 

 synonyms,® and which possesses a non-sulcate frontal costa, that 

 we arrive at some idea of the relationship of the specimens. Ser- 

 ville' s species has been recorded from Java, Burma and Cambodia. 



Podisma dairisama Scudder? 



1897. Podisma dairisama Scudder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XX, p. 

 114. 



Three males. 



Japan. Dr. H. C. Wood. 



These specimens, while apparently referable to this species, differ 



* B^or the use of Locusta in this connection see Rehn, Bnt. News, XIII, 

 p. 102. 

 •> Ent. Month. Magaz., XXXIV, p. 29. 

 ** Vide Brunner, Revision du Syst. des Orthopt., pp. 159-160. 



