On Orthoptera from the Transvaal &c. 



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LXIV. — Notes on a Collection of Gryllidse, Stenopelmatidge, 

 Gryllacridas, and Hetrodidae formed by Mr. W. L. Distant 

 in the Transvaal and other South- and East-African 

 Localities. By W. F. Kirby, F.L.S., F.E.S., &c. 



The following list is preliminary to Mr. Distant's compre- 

 hensive work on the Insects of the Transvaal, now in course 

 of preparation, and may be followed from time to time by 

 other lists of a similar character. 



Two new species of Stenopelmatidae are provisionally 

 referred to Carcinopsis ; but they differ somewhat in the 

 structure of the head, and it is probable that many species of 

 the family remain to be discovered, which may necessitate a 

 revision of the generic characters. 



Gryllidae. 



Gryllotaipinj:. 

 Curtilla, Oken. 



africana, Beauv. 



Gryllinx 



Brachytrypes, Serv. 



membranaceus, Dm. 

 Acheta, Linn. 



bimaculata, De Geer. 

 Gryllus, Linn. 



domesticus, Linn. 



burdigalensis, Latr. 



posticus, Walk. 



iynobilis, Walk. 



melanocephalus, Serv., var. 

 Cophogryllus, Sauss. 



Delalandii, Sauss. 

 Scapsipedus, Sauss. 



maryinatus, Afz. & Brann. 



Eneoptebina 



Anandus, Sauss. 



nigrosiynatus, Stal. 



Orthoptera. 



Sten o pelmatidae . 



Carcinopsis, Brunn. 



vittata, sp. n. 



punctulata, sp. n. 

 Nasidius, Stal. 



truncatifrons, Stal. 



Gryllacridae. 



Gryllacris, Serv. 

 lyrata, n. n. 



( = \\aliena, Brann.) 



Hetrodidae. 



Acanthoplus, Stal. 



discoidalis, Walk. 

 Enyaliopsis, Karsch. 



Petersii, Schaum. 

 Acanthoproctus, Karsch. 



Rowarthce, Kirb. 



Gryllidae. 

 Gr yllotalpinm. 

 Curtilla africana. 

 Gryllotalpa africana, Pal. de Beauv. Ins. Afr. AniSr. p. 229, Orth. 

 •pi. xx. c. fig. 6(1805?). 



4, Pretoria {Distant) ; 1, Barberton (Rendall) ; 3 (imma- 

 ture), Fort Johnston, Nyasaland (Rendall). 



