l80 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '05 



Family TETTIGONID^. 

 TURPILIA Stal. 

 1874. Turpilia Stal, Recensio Orthopterorum, ii, p. 16, 31. 

 Type : T. punctata Stal. 



Turpilia punctata Stal. 



1874. Turpilia punctata Stal, Recensio Orthopterorum, ii, p. 31. 

 [Island of St. Bartholomew.] 



Dominica. October, 1901. (H. M. Lefroy.) [No. 221.] 

 One female. 



Montserrat. August, 1901 (on lime tree). (H. M. Lefroy.) 

 [No, 221.] One female. 



This species has previously been recorded only from the type 

 locality. 



XEROPHYLLOPTERYX * new name. 

 1895. Xeropteryx Brunner, Monographie der Pseudophylliden, p. 

 102. (Not of Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, London, xvii, p. 203, 

 1883.) 

 Xerophyllopteryx fnmosa (Brunner). 



1895. Xeropteryx fumosa Brunner, Monographie der Pseudophylli- 

 den, p. 103, fig. 45. [South America ; Guadeloupe.] 



St. Lucia. February 25, 1902, and March, 1902. (H. M. 

 Lefroy, in part.) [Nos. 223 and 405.] Three males, one 

 female. 



This species has not been recorded since the original descrip- 

 tion, and from the known localities would appear to have a 

 rather wide distribution. Some variation is apparent in the 

 size of the male individuals. 



CONOCEPHALUS Thunberg. 

 Gonocephalus obscurellus Redtenbacher. 



Barbados. (H. M. Lefroy, in part.) September 27.. 1903. 

 [No. 80.] Six males, nine females. 



This series exhibits a great amount of variation in the inten- 

 sity of the coloration, the size being quite constant. This 

 species ranges from the Gulf States to Venezuela. 

 Gonocephalus macropterns Redtenbacher. 



Barbados. September 7, 1903. [No. 384.] Two females. 



' ir]po<i dry, ^uXAas leaf, Trrtpv^ wing. 



