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species, being a little more than two inches in length ; wings abbreviated, 

 as I believe is usual in the females, yet I see I have not mentioned this 

 fact iu my description, although I recollect very distinctly that I had short- 

 winged females in my collection at that time. 



1 do not hud that Stal has anywhere given the characters of his genus 

 except what is given in a note to page 118 of his "Becensio" where he 

 states that " Cyrtoloplia (typ. Gryllus J'ormosus) appears to stand midway 

 between the CEdipoclcs and Ommexacha ; eyes small; dorsum of the pronotum 

 throughout its whole length elevated into a high serrulate and arcuate crest, 

 posteriorly strongly produced, angulate anteriorly ; legs long and slender ; 

 also slender in form (statitra)." 



Here the question of date in reference to the publication of my Synop- 

 sis and Stal's " Mecensio" arises in determining' which <reneric name shall 

 stand. As a matter of course, I will retain that which I have gh'en until it 

 is shown that Stal's has precedence. 



BRACHYPEPLUS, Charp. 

 BttACHYPEPLUS MAGNUS, Girard. 



A number of specimens of this singular but well known species are 

 found in the collections of both years. 



B. verescens, Charp., I think, is but a variety of this species. In the 



collection made in Southeastern Nevada and Northern Arizona, some were 



obtained in color, which, although not agreeing exactly with Charpentier's 



figure and description, appear to form an intermediate link between the 



two both in size and color ; in fact, rendering it doubtful to which they 



belong. 



EREMOBIA. 



EREMOBIA MAGNA, sp. nov. 



Plate XLV, Fig. 1. 



Female. — Vertex deflexed, broad, quadrate, slightly enlarged in front of 

 the eyes; margin slightly elevated; central portion nearly flat, with a dis- 

 tinct median carina ; tempora vertical, subobliterated, in which the lateral 

 ocelli are situated. Frontal costa expanded and prominent between the 

 eyes, slightly sulcate, with two indistinct diverging lines of minute tubercles 



