Seance du 27 Décembre i'Ji;} 203 



ami \er\ sckloiii juiiips, aiid I'icchiciiIIn liitlcs among 

 Ibc vogetalion. 



86. Dericorys millierei (Bonn. & Fin.). 



Joiiclio and Wadi Kelt, May and Jnnc. 



This species is qnile common bnt is easily over- 

 looked because it is almost always confined to the 

 bnsbes of A triplex haiiinus. It is notcworlliy that 

 other members of the genus are also connected with 

 certain species of desert bushes : D. curvipes Redt. 

 and Z). roscipcnnis Redt. — with Calligonum: D. gib- 

 bosa F.W. -with Anabasis aphylia, and the color- 

 ation of the insects is in each case in exact harmony 

 with that of branches of the bush. 



87. Pezotettix giornae (Rossi) ? 



Jerusalem, 9 March, i9. 



This identification is uncertain, as only a female 

 is in the collection. 



88. Tropidopola longicornis (Fieb.). 



Haifa, 20 - ,'m) Apr.; Akka, 10 June; Caesarea, 

 •i.") Febr.; Jericho, it March; Rcisan, i Jan., 21 July, 

 20 Oct.; Huleh, 2 Sept. 



This species is confined to beds of reeds and of 

 Cypcrus. When it is disturbed it jumps or flies to a 

 fresh reed and takes up its position verlically and 

 always on the side of the reed farthest from the col- 

 lector. 



The Palestinian species is not T. oblusa Uv. des- 

 cribed recently from Mesopotamia and Persia (Jourp. 



