II.— PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF THE ORTHOP- 



TEROID INSECTS OF THE PHILIPPINE 



ISLANDS 



BY LAWRENCE BRUNER 

 INTRODUCTION 



In the late summer of 1913, while on a vacation trip to the 

 Orient, the writer had the pleasure of visiting the Island of Lu- 

 zon in the Philippine Archipelago. During the two months spent 

 in Manila and the surrounding regions some time was given to 

 inspecting the various museums for the purpose of studying the 

 collections of insects contained in those institutions, /^mong the 

 different museums thus visited good collections were found at 

 the Bureau of Science, the Bureau of Agriculture and at the 

 Agricultural College of the University of Manila. Some private 

 insect collections were also examined for the especial purpose 

 of gaining possible additional ideas as to the richness of the 

 Orthopteroid fauna of the region under consideration. Collec- 

 tions of these insects were also made whenever it was convenient 

 to get into the country for such a purpose. 



Since returning to Lincoln and the University of Nebraska,, 

 fourteen months ago, odd moments have been given to the accu- 

 mulation of still further data such as former lists, descriptions, 

 etc., scattered through entomological literature, from which to 

 prepare a preliminary list of these insects that occur on the 

 islands. The basis for this work, of course, has been Elera's 

 " Catalog de la Fauna de Filipinas," published in 1895, and in 

 volume II of which he lists 289 species of Orthopteroid insects. 

 The present list, as now limited, contains 733 names, most of 

 which no doubt represent distinct species. A number of forms 

 are also at hand that remain still to be identified, which no doubt 

 would materially increase the catalog. Many of the names in- 



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