COLLECTED IN THE HADEAMAUT, SOUTH ARABIA. 281 



Order OETHOPTEEA. 



Blattid^. 



poltphaga steiaca, sauss. 



Polyphaga syriaca, Saussure, Revue et Mag, de Zoologie, (2) xvi. p. 346 

 (1864). 



Heterogamia conspersa, Brunner de Wattenwyl, Nouv, Syst. des Blat- 

 taires, p. 358 (1865). 



A single female specimen. 



This species is recorded from Egypt and Syria. 



Phasmid^. 

 PhASMA ^GTPTIACUM, Gray{?). 

 Bacteria aegyptiaca. Gray, Syn. Phasm,. p. 18 (1835). 

 Bacillus segyptiacus, fVestw. Cat. Phasm. p. 4 (1859). 

 A single damaged specimen, possibly belonging to this species. 

 I have shown (Proc. E. Dublin Soc. (2) vi. p. 569) that the 

 true type of Phasona, Oliv., is P. rossia, Eabr. 



LocirsTiD^. 



SpHiNGOisroTirs nebulosits, FiscTi. 



CEdipoda nebulosa, Fisch. de Waldh. Ent. Ross. iv. p. 290, pi. 27. fig. 1 

 (1846). 



A single bleached specimen. 



A species widely distributed in Central and Western Asia, 

 extending from " Zungaria " to Asia Minor. 



ScHisTOCEECA ^GTPTiA, Linn. 



Gryllus Locusta segyptius, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 138 (1764). 



A single specimen only. 



A common species throughout the Mediterranean district, but 

 not extending mucb farther. 



Many authors call this species Acrydium tataricum ; but it 

 appears not to be the species thus named by Linne ; while if it 

 is generically distinct from ScMstocerca, a new name will be 

 required for the genus, for I have shown (Proc. E. Dublin Soc. 

 vi. p. 592) that Gryllus lipunctatus and subulatus, L., are the 

 true types of Acrydium, Geoffr. 



Schistoceeca peeegeina, Oliv. 



Acrydium peregrinum, Oliv. Voy. Empire Ottoman, ii. p. 424 (1807). 

 A single specimen only. 



Common in North Africa, Syria, and occasionally in the ex- 

 treme south of Europe. 



