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8 May; Jericho, 2 June ; Amman, Transjordania, 

 10 Sept. 



27. Metrioptera escalerai (BüL). 

 Haifa, 20 June. 



28.* Metrioptera tessellata (Charp.). 



Rehoboth, near Jaffa (Ahaioni). 

 First record for Palestine. 



29." Metrioptera buxtoni Uv. 



(Eni. Mon. Mag., 3rd ser., IX, 1928, p. 34). 

 10 miles E. of Jerusalem, 17 Apr. 1922 (type). 



30. Tettigonia viridissima, L. 



Nazareth, 22 May; Jerusalem, 23 Apr., Khedeira, 

 3o May; Wadi Kelt, 9 April. 



31.* Conocephalus turanicus (Sem.). 



{Xiphidiain fuscam turanicuni, Semenov, Revue 

 Russe dEntom., XV, 1916, p. Ii'm; Uvarov, Rull. 

 Min. Agric. Egypt, No. 4i, 1924). 



Huleh, 24 May; Khedeira, 3o May; Akka, 

 10 June; Kefrourleh, near Artuf, 22 May. 



Always in damp places among rank grasses. 



Described originally from Transcaspia, but found 

 subsequently in Mesopotamia and Egypt (for complete 

 bibliography see Uvarov, I.e.). 



32.* Conocephalus lugubris (Redt.). 

 Huleh, 24 May and 2 Sept. 



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