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men. which is rather long and cylindrical, the incisions conspicu- 
ously pale ; cerci broken, but the remaining portions are bordered 
on each side with very long and fine hairs. Legs short and 
stout, and slightly compressed ; all the femora enlarged, the 
middle ones least so ; hind tibiae spined from the base, with 3 
large terminal spines on each side, and 3 or 4 larger spines alter- 
nating with smaller ones beyond the middle ; first joint of tarsi 
with 2 small and 1 large spine on each side. 
Probably belongs to a new genus of CEcnnthidce, but has a 
superficial resemblance to Gryllodes. 
15. CONOCEPHALUS YERNALIS, 11. sp. 
Exp. al. circa 78 millim. 
Bright grass-green ; wings hyaline, with bright green nervures ; 
fastigium short, obtusely rounded, as in C. triops, Linn.; four front 
femora unarmed. Male with face, antennae, eyes, and the whole of 
the fastigium whitish ; tips of mandibles and palpi red ; tibiae paler 
than the ground-colour ; auditory apparatus and tarsi beneath 
blackish ; tegmina yellowish along the costa, a buff streak at the 
base above the subcostal nervure, and a white basal streak on the 
left side above the median nervure. Female much less varied with 
white ; labrum white, mandibles more yellowish, auditory apparatus 
and tarsi whitish, the latter brown below ; ovipositor a little longer 
than the abdomen, extending far beyond the knees, but shorter 
than the closed wings ; ovipositor paler towards the extremity, 
and slightly veined with reddish, the extreme tips of the blades 
black. 
This grasshopper was very common everywhere in the Main 
and Bat Island. It makes a great noise at night. The brown 
form, which flew about with it, was not so common. 
Yar. FRATER. 
Exp. al. 75-S3 millim. 
Brown ; the thorax apparently rather longer and narrower, an 
effect which is caused by au indistinct pale or blackish line on 
each side ; frequently a pale streak behind each eye ; mandibles 
varied with pale reddish, the extreme tips black ; tegmina 
greyish brown, often with dark speckles above and below the 
principal nervures and on the costa beyond the middle (similar 
speckles are visible on one of the green specimens) ; wings hyaline, 
with greyish-brown nervures. 
