534 MB. H. N. RIDLEY ON THE 



men. which is rather long and cylindrical, the incisions conspicu- 

 ously pale ; cerci broken, but the remaining portions are bordered 

 ou each side with very long and fine hairs. Legs short and 

 stout, and slightly compressed ; all the femora enlarged, the 

 middle ones least so ; hind tibiae spined from the base, with 3 

 large terminal spines on each side, and 3 or 4 larger spines alter- 

 nating with smaller ones beyond the middle ; first joint of tarsi 

 Avith 2 small and 1 large sjiine on each side. 



Probably belongs to a new genus of (Ecantlddce, but has a 

 superficial resemblance to Gryllodes. 



15. CONOCEPHALUS VERNALTS, \\. sp. 



Exp. al. circa 78 millim. 



Bright grass-green ; wings hyaline, with bright gi-een uervures ; 

 fastigium short, obtusely rounded, as iu C. triops, Linn. ; four front 

 femora unarmed. Male with face, antennae, eyes, and the whole of 

 the fastigium whitish ; tips of mandibles and palpi red ; tibi?e paler 

 than the ground-colour ; auditory apparatus and tarsi beneath 

 blackish ; tegmina yellowish along the costa, a buff streak at the 

 base above the subcostal nervure, and a white basal streak on the 

 left side above the median nervure. Female much less varied with 

 white ; labrum white, mandibles more yellowish, auditory apparatus 

 and tarsi whitish, the latter broAvn below ; ovipositor a little longer 

 than the abdomen, extending ftxr beyond the knees, but shorter 

 than the closed wings ; ovipositor paler tow^ards the extremity, 

 and slightly veined with reddish, the extreme tips of the blades 

 black. 



This grasshopper was very common everywhere iu the Main 

 and Rat Island. It makes a great noise at night. The brown 

 form, which flew about with it, was not so common. 



Var. PKATER. 



Exp. al. 75-83 millim. 



Brown ; the thorax ajjparently rather longer aud narrower, an 

 effect which is caiised by an indistinct pale or blackish line ou 

 each side ; frequently a pale streak behind each eye ; mandibles 

 varied with pale reddish, the extreme tips black ; tegmina 

 greyish brown, often with dark speckles above and below the 

 principal nervures and on the costa beyond the middle (similar 

 speckles are visible on one of the gi'een specimens) ; wings hyaline, 

 with greyish-brown nervures. 



