1876.] DR. D. J. CUNNINGHAM ON DELPHINUS ALBI ROSTRIS. 670 



lateral, and much broader than long. Upper parts and tail brownish, 

 lower white. 



Total length 13 inches, the tail measuring I inch. 



Typhlops eschrichtii (Schleg.). 

 Ahcetulla irregularis (Leacb). 

 Ahcetulla dorsalis (Bocage). 

 Leptodira rufescens (Gm.). 



Insect a. 



Gymnopleurus ceruginosus (Harold). 

 Charaxes, sp. Larva. 

 Phymateus squarrosus. 

 Acridium tartaricum. 

 Phasn/a, sp. 



Platypleura cameronii, sp. n. (Butler). 

 Occeticus, sp. Pupa-cases. 



The new species of Cicada has been named by Mr. A. G. Butler, 

 who has drawn up the following description : — 



Platypleura cameroni, sp. n. 



Purplish brown ; thorax ferruginous behind, the impressions 

 clothed with ochraceous tomentum ; scutellum and abdomen blackish ; 

 costal margin of tegmina ochraceous; basal three fifths of the tegmina 

 purplish brown, spotted with olive-brown ; an oval spot in the centre of 

 the subcostal cell ; outline of brown coriaceous area sharply denned and 

 regularly crenulated ; remaining area hyaline white ; three subapical 

 large brown spots, and a submarginal series connected by a zigzag 

 line; wings deep mahogany-brown, blackish externally, the veins 

 paler; nerveless border hyaline white. Length 15 lines, expanse 

 of tegmina 4 inches b' lines. 



Allied to P. limbata and P. stalina, but with the head more acu- 

 minate in front, the coloration much deeper, and the markings 

 differently disposed and better-defined. 



12. Description of a young Specimen of the Delphinus albi- 

 rostris. By D. J. Cunningham, M.B., Demonstrator of 

 Anatomy, University of Edinburgh. Communicated by 

 Prof. Flower, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., &c. 



[Keceived June 14, 1876.] 



(Plate LXIV. fig. 1.) 



In September last I purchased from one of the Edinburgh fish- 

 mongers a female Dolphin, caught off Great Grimsby, which 

 possesses characters worthy of special description. 



