2296 The Zoologist. — September, 1870. 



This species is well represented in all its variety, by numerous 

 specimens in the collections of the Philadelphia Academy and the 

 Smithsonian Institution ; though not contained, as far as heard from, 

 in any other American cabinets. It is of frequent occurrence on the 

 coasts of the North Pacific, and appears to be particularly abundant 

 in the vicinity of Japan, whence most of the specimens described or 

 recorded have been obtained. Its occurrence on the coast of the 

 United Stales is open to question. Several specimens of S. antiquus 

 (at least of the bird described in this paper under that name) are in 

 our collections from Washington Territory, labelled "Brachyrhamphus 

 Temminckii," and these appear to represent the species whose habits, 

 etc., are alluded to by Drs. Cooper and Suckley, vol. xii., part 2, of 

 the Pacific Railroad Reports (Nat. Hist. Wash. Terr. p. 287, above 

 cited) under the name of Brachyrharaphus Temminckii. But the 

 description there given is that of the true Temminckii, having been 

 copied from Mr. Cassin's article on the ' Birds of North America.' 



The name which heads this article has priority over "Temminckii" 

 of Prof. Brandt, and is therefore to be adopted, though its barbarous 

 character is, assuredly, a matter of regret. It varies in orthography 

 with different writers. 



(To be continued.) 



TAst of the Dermaptera discovered by J. K. Lord, Esq., in Egypt, 

 and in the adjoining regions; with descriptions of the new 

 species. By F. Walker, F.L.S. 



The species of Dermaptera found by Mr. Lord are not numerous, 

 and, with a few exceptions, are not of much interest. Periplaneta 

 Americana and P. orientalis are not natives of Egypt, but have been 

 spread over the world by means of commerce. The genus Eremia- 

 phila is remarkable on account of its adaptation to the colour of the 

 soil on which it dwells. The genus Dericorys has a peculiar 

 structure, and includes a single species which has hitherto been 

 only found in Egypt. The two species of locusts Acridium pere- 

 grinum and Pachytylus cinerascens were common in these regions, 

 but no swarms of them occurred during Mr. Lord's stay there. A. 

 peregrinum is the locust whose devastations in Algeria and in Syria 

 have lately been recorded. P. cinerascens and P. migratorius are 

 considered by some authors as varieties of one species, by others as 

 two distinct species. I have not observed any intermediate forms, 



