178 [August, 



7. Decticus alhifrons, (Fabr.). — Less common than the above on the hillsides, 

 where it frequents bushes, but more common on the low ground ; plentiful near 

 Biskra in cornfields and amongst Amuria visnaga in May and June. Many dead 

 specimens were found on the waste ground in November in bushes of Zizyphus latus. 

 Hetbodid^. 



8. Eugaster Quyoni, Serv. — El Kantara, a station on the railway to Biskra at 

 the confines of the desert in August. 



ACRIDIODEA. 



TRTTXAIilD^. 



9. Truxalis nasuta, (L.). — On the border of the sea coast across the Seybouse, 

 Bone, in September. 



10. Truxalis miniata, Klug. — ^Near the abattoir, B6ne, in September; abund- 

 ant in the low lying pastures and hayfields near the town. Occurs locally at Biskra 

 among stony hills and among the dry grass in the sandy dunes. 



11. Phlceoha (Duronia) Lucasi, Bol. — Bone, in September. 



12. Stenobothrus pulvinatus, (Fisch. de W.). — Abundant on the border of the 

 pasture between the Ain Mokra railway and the Seybouse, and also near the sea 

 among rushes, Bone, in August. 



13. Stauronotus Oenei, (Ocsk.). — Abundant on the sandy borders of the sea 

 near the Seybouse, B&ne, in September. 



14. Stethophyma hispanicum, (Eamb.). — Not common ; taken among Ampelo- 

 desmos tenax on the railway Route de Bugeaud at the fourth kilometre from B6ne, 

 in October. 



15. Epacromia thalassina, (Fabr.). — Abundant on the irrigated pastures near 

 the oasis, Fort St. Grermain and Pare de Beni Mora, Biskra, in November. 



16. Epacromia strepens, (Latr.). — Abundant by the Seybouse and by the coast 

 north of B6ne, in August and September. Taken in winter on the banks of the 

 river near Hippone amongst Smyrnium olusatrum. 



CEoiPODIDiE. 



17. (Edipoda fuscocincta, Luc. — Abundant on the cliffs along the Chemin de la 

 Corniche beyond the harbour, B6ne, in August. Also in October, on the Route de 

 Bugeaud. 



18. (E.ccBruleseens, (L.). — Much more common and wide spread than the above, 

 Bone, in September ; common everywhere. 



19. Quiroguesia Brullei, (Sauss.). — Biskra, in May, near the railway by the 

 200th kilometre and also on the north border of the Champ de Manoeuvres. 



20. Scintharista Wagneri, (Eversm.). — One specimen taken nearB6ne, in May. 



21. Thalpomena algeriana, (Luc). — Taken sparingly among Cistus and Ampelo- 

 desmos tenax on the hillside over the Route de Bugeaud, near the fourth kilometre 

 from Bone, in October. 



22. Acrotylus longipes, (Charp.). — Common at B6ne and Biskra from September 

 to December. 



23. A. insubricus, (Scop.). — Abundant at B6ne and Biskra from September to 

 December. 



