AOBIDID^. 655 



2. TINARIA SANCT.E HELENA. 



Acridium (Tinaria) Sanctae Helense, Stal, Eug. Resa, 338. 

 Isle St. Helena. 



Genus 29. OXYPHYMA. 

 Oxypbyma, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xiii. 156. 



1. OXYPHYMA JURINEI. 

 Jurinei, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xiii. 157. 

 S. America ? 



Genus 30. CUCULLIGERA. 



Gryllus, Germ., Charp. Podisma, Costa CEdipoda, Burm. Acridium, 

 H.-Sch. Cuculligera, Fisch. Orth. Eur. 390. 



1. CUCULLIGERA HYSTRIX. 



Gryllus hystrix, Germ. Iter. Dalm. 252, pi. 9, f. 1, 2. Charp. Hor. Ent. 

 176. Germ. Zeits. iii. 314 CEdipoda hystrix, Burm. Handb. Ent. 

 ii. 644 Podisma oppulum, Costa, Faun. R. Nap. 44, pi. 4, f. 3 

 Cuculligera hystrix, Fisch. Orth. Eur. 391, pi. 15, f. 13. 



S. and E. Europe. 



Genus 31. HETERACRIS. 



Corpus robustum. Vertex subcarinatus, antice subangulatus ; frons 

 late unicarinata. Prothoracis dorsum planum, subtricarinalum ; margines 

 subrotundati. Prosterni spina robusta, obliqua, subarcuata, mesosternurn 

 fere atlingens. Alae abdomine longiores. 



Body stout. Head smooth, as broad as the fore border of the pro- 

 thorax ; vertex with a very slight keel ; fore part with two broad shallow 

 ridges converging from the eyes, united and forming a broader ridge on 

 the front ; front thinly punctured. Eyes elongate-elliptical, seated trans- 

 versely. Antenna? filiform, slender. Prothorax punctured on each side, 

 with a flat disk, with a slight dorsal keel, and with a slight keel on each 

 side ; four transverse impressed lines, the first widely interrupted, the 

 second abbreviated on each side ; fore border, sides and hind border 

 slightly rounded. Prosternal spine stout, oblique, slightly curved, nearly 

 leaching the fore border of the mesosternum. Hind femora a little longer 

 than the abdomen. Hind tibia? a little shorter than the hind femora ; 

 spines stout. Wings longer than the abdomen. 



Europe. 

 ]. HETERACRIS PLORANS. 



Gryllus plorans, Charp. Hor. Ent. 134. Ramb. Faune And. 78. Orth. 

 pi. 47 Acridium plorans, Serv. Hist. Orlh. 683. Charp. Orlh. pi. 



