16 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGISY. 
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We were much interested in watching the birds as they flew up before 
us. The majority of the flock would pass to one side or the other, but 
one or two would attempt to keep ahead of the engine, straining every 
muscle, till finally they would fall apparently exhausted, or be struck and 
drop lifeless. One was captured alive by simply reaching out the hand 
and taking it. 
On all future trips through new country, I shall endeavour to get into 
the good graces of the conductor and engineer, and thus secure a place 
under the headlight, for, aside from its being a good “ collecting ground,” 
one gets a splendid view of the country, without dust, without the usual 
jolting, and with a delightful breeze into the bargain, though it doesn’t do 
to reflect too much on the possibility of shipping a cow or two. 
NOTES ON A NEW ORTHOPTEROUS INSECT. 
BY PROF. C. THOMAS, WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Sub-Fam. CONOCEPHALINEÆ. * 
Copiophora mucronata. Nov. sp. 
CoNE of the vertex smooth on the margins, apex mucronate. Mesos- 
ternum bidentate. Green; labrum, clypeus and underside of the cone 
yellow. : 
Male and Female. Cone of the vertex standing obliquely forward, 
apex mucronate, the minute spine slightly deflexed, especially in the 
female ; the sides parallel from the base a little above the first joint of the 
antennæ, where they are slightly angulate ; not serrated or granulated on 
the margins ; front side has, near the base, a prominent tubercle ; there is 
also a tubercle below this between the antennæ. Face oblique, smooth ; 
occiput smooth. Pronotum rounded, not carined, densely punctured ; 
on the dorsum there is generally a glabrous, semi-circular spot; there 
are also some irregular glabrous impressions on the sides ; front margin 
rounded ; posterior margin nearly straight, slightly rounded at the humerus 
where there is an entering angle. Elytra passing the abdomen about one 
third their length ; upper margin straight from the dorsal angle; lower 
*T bave here, and expect in the Synopsis of the Acrididæ of the United States, 
which IT am at work on, to adopt the termination INAE for the sub-families. 
