ORTHOPTERA. 183 



ACRIDIID^. 



Cyrtacanthacris ornatipes, Walk. In the Gh6r es Safieh, at the 

 south end of the Dead Sea. ' Described from a single specimen in the 

 collection of the British Museum, the locality of which was unknown,' 



Cyrtacanthacris notata, Walk. Gh6r es Safieh. ' One specimen, 

 which appears to be merely a variety of this species, dififers in its much 

 lighter colour and small size, the expanse of wings being only 16 lines.' 

 Inhabits Upper Egypt. This considerable genus of grasshoppers appears 

 to be mainly known from the tropical parts of America and Africa. 



Acridium tataricum, Roes. Jericho. ' Known from Asia Minor, 

 Europe, Africa.' 



Caloptenus pilipes, O. Janson. n, sp. Ghor es Safieh. 



CEdipoda ccerulans, Roes. Sinai. ' Known from S. Europe, Egypt, 

 Asia Minor, Madeira, S. Africa.' 



CEdipoda insubrica, Savigny. Gaza. This locust inhabits S. Europe, 

 Syria, and Algeria. 



Pcecilocera bufonia, Klug. Wady Berrah in Sinai ; also very con- 

 spicuous on the 'Osher' {Calotropis procerd) in the Ghor es Safieh. A 

 blackish purple, strong, uncanny-looking, locust-like insect, two or three 

 inches long, with small yellow spots. It is known from Egypt and 

 Syria. 



Tryxalis unguiculata, Ramb. I captured this insect first on Jebel 

 Watiyeh in Sinai, and afterwards in the Ghor es Safieh. It closely re- 

 sembled the dried twigs and straws which it lived amongst. ' Known 

 from S. Europe, Syria, Nubia and N. India,' 



RHYNCHOTA. 



LYG^ID^. 



LygcBiis militaris, Stal, Frequent about Mount Hor and other parts 



of Edom, in Arabia Petraea. A brightly-coloured red and black little 



land bug, 



PYRRHOCORID^. 



Pyrrhocoris apterus, Geoff. Same locality as last. This little ' red 

 bug ' is found from England across Europe to Syria. 



