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The IVmale is in the dccitled i-icenish pliase of 

 coloiiilion. the inalc ol' a i^ret'iiish-biown lüriii. 



Acrididae. 



Paratettix meridionalis (Hamuli^). — Cairo. Sepleinber. 

 Two feinalcs. 



Acridella nasuta (Linn.) (= iiiK/iiiciihtld Uamijih). — 

 Caiio. Sei)leinl)c'r. One inalf. 



Calephorus compressicornis (Latu ). — Cairo. May. 

 One Iemale. 



This specinieii is in llie greenish i)hase. 



Platypterna tibialis Fikbeu. — Oasis of Heliopolis 

 ((^airo). Deeeniber. One male, one Iemale. Toura 

 (Heloiian). \o\emht'r. One female. 



*Platypterna gracilis Khaiss. — Kzhet-Nakhle (near 

 Cairo). June. Two females. 



One specimen is in a deciiled i)rown phase, (he 

 other of a brownish type dilï'erent from thai of the 

 (irst mentioned individual. 



A pair of the species from Ain Zarah | Soudan] 

 received from and determined by Kainy as lihialis 

 are before us. They fully agree with the original 

 description of (jracilis and the [jresenl material. 



Dociostaurus genei (Ocskav). — Aboukir. .luly. One 

 male. 



Oedipoda salina (Pallas) ( = (jniliosa Serville). — 

 Al)Oukir. July, August. One male, two females. 



The male s|)ecimen has the dorsum of the 

 meta/ona much less lineato-rugoso than the others 

 and milkv-white in color. 



