NiCARAGUAN OrTHOPTERA. 



By Lawrence Bruner, Professor of Entomoi^ogy, 

 University of Nebraska. 



The following annotated list is a report on a small collec- 

 tion of Orthoptera, incidentally made by Professor B. Shimek 

 while engaged in botanical work in Nicaragua, Central 

 America, during the months of February and March, 1893. 



Although the 59 species of Orthoptera that are included in 

 the list are the result of random collecting during a very 

 brief period at an unfavorable season, they form a very inter- 

 esting example of what might be accomplished at the right 

 time of the year, and by a specialist on the group. 



It is quite interesting to note the conlparatively large per- 

 -centage of South American forms that are represented here^ — 

 a feature that demonstrates the fact that many other species 

 which were originally described as inhabiting that country 

 will probably be found to belong in North America also. 



While the identity of several of the species is here pro- 

 visionally questioned, one at least has been described as new. 



It is to be hoped that, should other expeditions be made to 

 the same region, more attention will be given to the collection 

 of this and otiier orders of insects with a special view to 

 studying the relationship of the faunas of the two continents. 



In conclusion, I might add that no other lot of these insects 

 containing a similar number of species has ever caused me so 

 niuch hard work in mv efforts in naminc; them as has the 

 present collection. This has been due chiefly to the man}' 

 South American forms, and also to the scattered nature of 

 the literature describing them. 



